London Transport's Productivity Plans
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'THE principal operating points in I London Transport's plans for increased productivity are due to be discussed today, Friday, when L.T.F. and T.G.W.U. representatives meet on the joint negotiating committee. They will be considering the reports of two subcommittees which have been dealing on the one hand with the problems of weekend working and, on the other, with what the union regards as the results of "technical developments," which includes such items as re-equipment with Routemasters and the introduction of one-man buses.
Although there is probably little chance of immediate general acceptance by the busmen's union, London Transport's latest proposals bring together several contentious issues. The latest of these was the T.G.W.U.'s resistance to the replacement of more of the older buses by Routemasters until rates of compensation had been agreed for crews of the larger buses; this, and schemes for standee buses (a pilot scheme only), one-man buses, and an increase in maximum speed to 40 m.p.h. are the chief productivity points on which the L.T.E. hope that their latest extra-payment offers may promote agreement.