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Municipal pay claim rejected

25th March 1966, Page 42
25th March 1966
Page 42
Page 42, 25th March 1966 — Municipal pay claim rejected
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Keywords : Trade Union, Conductor, Labor

FROM OUR INDUSTRIAL CORRESPONDENT

CIA DEMAND for a 6.6 per cent pay increase for 77,000 municipal busmen was rejected by local authorities last week. The employers told officials of the Transport and General Workers' Union and the General and Municipal Workers' Union that to grant it would lead inevitably to higher fares.

The unions were also told that such an increase could not be justified at this stage. The employers felt'that the claim followed too closely on the heels of the last settlement. The final section of a comprehensive agreement on wages, hours and conditions was introduced only three months ago.

The new claim would mean increases of up to 19s. 4d. a week for municipal busmen. Present minimum rates for crews are i12 7s. 9d. for drivers and £1 119s. for conductors.

The claim has already been referred to the Prices and Incomes Board, along with others from London's 29,000 busmen and the 110,000 employees of the provincial bus companies.

It is clear that both sides are going to tread carefully on the issue.

The Department of Economic Affairs has asked all the parties to defer settlements until the prices Board has reported early in May on each claim and the relationship between the pay of busmen in London and the provinces.

For this reason the municipal employers have made it clear that there can be no settlement, despite having agfeed to meet the unions again on April 14.

As an interim measure they have asked the. unions to accept various productivity plans, which include the introduction of more one-man buses, reduced service frequencies, and a reduction in the statutory minimum age for conductors from 18 to 17.

One-man for Shields?

THE introduction of one-man buses on certain routes in South Shields is being considered by the transport committee, which has invited tenders for the supply of five 33 ft. single-deckers towards the end of 1967.

Representatives of the transport committee have inspected a similar system in West Hartlepool to that proposed for South Shields. It will be recalled that Mr. Bottrill was manager at West Hartlepool before moving to South Shields, and was responsible for ordering the former undertaking's first one-man single-deckers.

MPTA Conference, Dublin

rr HE annual conference of the Municipal Passenger Transport Association is to be held in Dublin during the period September 12 to 16, at the Intercontinental Hotel. The conference begins with the president's informal reception on the evening of September 12 and concludes with a visit to be arranged on the Friday. No details are available yet of the papers to be presented.


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