MIDLAND QUARRY OWNERS RESIST RATES INCREASE

27th May 1966, Page 78

27th May 1966

Page 78

Page 78, 27th May 1966 — MIDLAND QUARRY OWNERS RESIST RATES INCREASE

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Keywords : Road Haulage Association, Tipper, Business / Finance

BY JOHN DARKER

rr IPPER operators in Leicestershire who threatened to withdraw vehicles from quarries unless their higher rates schedule was accepted by June 1st, received scant satisfaction on Tuesday when over 80 hauliers attended a meeting at Colville.

Mr. J. R. Cross, traffic manager of Leicestershire Quarry Tipper Operators (who presided), said the Federation of Midland Quarries had considered the demand and had applied that Federatioi members had no authority collectively t■ make agreements regarding haulage rates The consensus of opinion of Federatior members, Mr. Cross reported, wai unanimously opposed to the large increast imposed by the rates schedule submitted and their letter also implied that not al tipper operators supported the demands.

The Federations letter said: "they cannot and will not enter negotiations . . . and tilt membership feels strongly that your cast should be referred to the Prices and Incomes Board".

Mr. Cross told the meeting that the Committee welcomed the suggestion and they had asked the Road Haulage Association to take the necessary steps to refer the disputed query to the Board.

Vending the outcome of the inquiry, members were recommended to continue to work at existing rates. At the suggestion of RHA area secretary, Mr. W. Morton, who was present, operators' sub-committees were set up for each of the quarries concerned.

The sub-committees are to prepare detailed records of vehicle operating costs and the rates supplied by each quarry and the matter will be further discussed by the RHA area committee in June.

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