London Busmen to Press for More Money
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From our Industrial Correspondent
LONDON busmen's claim for higher 1,--+ pay and improved conditions is to be presented to London Transport Executive by their negotiating committee next Wednesday.
The claim was formulated by the busmen's representatives in June and approved the same month by the executive council of the Transport and General Workers' Union. But largely due to the holiday season it had been impossible to fix a_date for arguing the case.
The delay has made the busmen restive, however, and they have threatened to impOse an overtime ban. But when then' union's executive met again last week they once more endorsed the claim, but refused to sanction any other action. at this stage.
The three-point claim is for a " substantial " but unspecified pay rise, time and a half for Saturday afternoon work. and less week-end work.
Their 'last increase, just a year ago, cost London Transport Executive more than £2,250.000 a year. It brought the basic weekly wage of a driver on Central London bus routes to II 1 10s. a week and for a conductor to EH 6s. On country routes a driver's pay went up to £10 17s. 6d., and a conductor's to £10 12s. 6d.
Busmen throughout the country will be watching closely the result of the negotiations. For Provincial busmen, both in municipal and private company undertakings, have always claimed parity with London bus services arid will resent any further widening of the differential.
Any settlement is, therefore, likely to lead to renewed claims by the Provincial men.
Lo.T. PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS THE president-elect of the Institute of
1. Transport, Mr, James Amos (chairman of the Scottish Omnibuses Group), is to deliver his presidential address in London on October 9. The meeting will be held at the Royal Institute of British
Architects, At the same meeting, the retiring president, Mr. K. W. C. Grand, will present awards for the 1960-61 session. Among recipients will be Mr. L. C. Hawkins, a member of the London Transport Executive, who will receive the road transport (passenger) medal for his paper, "Mass transportation in the future."
ERMETO FOR MANCHESTER
TOprovide an improved delivery service in the Manchester area, British Ermeto Corporation, Ltd., and their associate company. Simplifix Couplings, Ltd., both members of the Alenco Group, are to open a depot in Blacked Street, Manchester, next Monday.
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