No thaw in municipal pay freeze
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AT a special meeting in London on Wednesday union officials speaking for busmen employed by municipal undertakings asked the local authority representatives to implement without delay the 9s. 3d. pay award which had been overtaken by the "freeze".
The employers rejected the plea to pay the 9s. 3d. and said that in this matter they depended on guidance given by the Government.
It is understood that there will be a special meeting of the unions represented on the NJIC within three weeks, and then a further meeting of the Council itself.
No decision has yet been reached by the unions about the action which might be taken officially in the face of this refusal, but stories on this page indicate the extent of the frustration which busmen may feel.
It is believed that the employers will interpret the ending of the six-month freeze as justifying the implementation of the 9s. 3d. award from about January 14 next year.