Busmen's 7s. Pay Rise Will Cost £3m.
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A WAGE rise of 7s. a week has been rA awarded to nearly 100,000 provincial busmen by the Industrial Disputes Tribunal. Maintenance workers on permanent night work have been awarded rises ranging from Us. to 31s.
The Tribunal rejected the busmen's claim for a pension scheme. The Transport and General Workers' Union originally asked for 10s. 6d. a week, time-anda-quarter for permanent night workers, and a pension scheme. The employers worked out that this would have cost about ±.4frn. a year. It is estimated that the Tribunal's award will cost between £3m. and £3-fm " Representatives of the 77,000 municipal bus workers were to meet the employers this week seeking a wage increase and it was considered likely that they would be awarded a similar amount of 7s.
RAIL OBJECTION FAILS
nESPITE an objection by British Rail1--/ ways, Mr. 0. C. Bishop, Owen Street, Coalville, Leics, was granted a modification to his Coalville-Great Yarmouth express licence last week. The licence was issued for Saturday journeys only, but the East Midland Traffic Commissioners agreed to allow a journey from the coast to Coalville on Whit-Tuesday to eater for week-end trippers.
GLASGOW BAN STARTS
GLASGOW is to bring its central parking ban into operation next week. The central square mile of the city can accommodate 2,950 cars in official parking places, which means that about 5,000 motorists who usually park at random will have to use sites on the pdimeter.