Bolton Workers Oppose B.R.S. Depot Move
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REPRESENTAT1VES of Bolton Trades Council and the Bolton branch of the Transport and General Workers' Union joined up last week in the dispute over the transfer of the British Road Services' Kay Street depot from Bolton to Kearsley. Local Members of Parliament will be brought into the talks with the town's industrial development subcommittee.
Mr. J. Wood, local secretary of the commercial section of the T.G.W.U., told delegates last week that the depot was successful because of team work and good management. It was an asset to Bolton and its industries, he added, and a full statement would be presented to the B.R.S. next Monday,
INCREASE FOR NIGHT WORKERS
AN increase in pay for night-shift workers has been announced followtog discussions between the United Kingdom Joint Wages Board of Employers for the Vehicle Industry and the National Union of Vehicle Builders, Amalgamated Society of Woodcutting Machinists and the Electrical Trades Union.
The rate has been increased from timeand-a-sixth to time-and-a-quarter and came into operation on Monday.
LORRY IS LITTER
rAA LORRY is litter, within the meaning of the Litter Act, 1958, when it is abandoned, it was decided at an Oldham court on Monday. Charles Aubrey, a general dealer, Barker Street, Oldham, was fined £5 for leaving a lorry on spare land for two or three months. It was stated that children had set fire to the petrol tank and that the battery had been stolen.