T.R.T.A. Tell M.P.s About Loading Bans
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lUEMBERS of the traffic committee AVIofthe London and Home Counties DiVision. of the Traders Road Transport Association met the Conservative Party Transport Comrnittee in the House of Cornmons, on Wednesday night. The deputation, led by Mr. S. J. Lamborn, chairman of the division, put forward their views on proposed loading bans in London.
Mr. F. D. Fitz-Gerald, national secretary, accompanied the party, UNIONS WARN TRIBUNAL: "LEVEL PAY RATES"
ANY award which did not remove the wide pay difference between London and the provinces would not solve the present bus dispute, the Industrial Disputes• Tribunal were warned by the Unions on Wednesday. A statement submitted by the strike leaders said the issue was so simple . that they did not feel it necessary to debate 'it.
The Union representatives said that the three points of their claim were the rates of pay, the rate to be paid for work after I p.m. on Saturdays, and a request that bus workers should qualify for holidays at the rate of one day per month of service.
The difference between the two types of busman performing identical work in central London and the provinces was 30s. 6d, a week, whilst for those on London Transport country services it was 21s. 6d. a week. This was far wider than the differential in any other industry.
The Unions drew attention to the fact that a 7s, hd, offer for municipal bus workers had already been rejected, whilst the companies had imposed a 3s. a week increase on their workers.
It is understood that the employers' representatives objected to the presence of the Union leaders unless they were prepared to give evidence properly. The Unions nut their' case in a written statement handed to the chairman, Lord Terrington, after they had said that they were not willing to discuss the strike further. Then their representatives left the meeting in protest.
ILILA. LEADER PUTS ON EMERGENCY COACHES
E1VIERGENCY bus services in the York area have been provided by ClIr. William _Bridge, chairman of the West Riding Area of the Road Haulage Association. As head of Flower's Transport and Tanton's .Coaches, be allowed his private-hire vehicles to be used free of charge to carry nurses and
visitors to hospitals. • • ClEr. Bridge•also,organized a car and shooting-brake service to pick up hospital cooks and other key-workers from a 10-15-Mile radius • of York. Following the success of this week-end scheme he announced that he would consider putting on a bus service in the town.