Southern drivers accept 7.6% rise
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• An employers' offer of 7.6% over nine months (equivalent to 5.7% a year) is being recommended by unions to drivers in the Southern region of the Road Haulage Association, The increase is from 1 April and the employers' package — offered when the Joint Industrial Council met on 17 January — includes £1.50 on overnight subsistence, the introduction of a 90p meal allowance and an extra day's holiday.
If drivers accept the recommendation, the Southern region will become the second to settle. Scottish drivers have accepted a £10.25 flat rate increase (CM 10-16 January).
The Devon and Cornwall JIC met on 18 January. The em ployers offered a week on basic rates; retail price index on overnight subsistence and a rise in accident benefit from .40 to .i!60 per week.
The offer was not accepted and another meeting is set for 15 March.