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SIX HIRE or reward haulage wage claims had been submitted to the Road Haulage Association by the beginning of this week, all of them broadly in line with the policy of a £100 basic rate and a reduced working week.
The Transport and General Workers Union has lodged claims in Scotland, Tyneside, the West Midlands, South Wales, Metropolitan and South-east England, and Southern England. West Midlands hauliers and union are scheduled to meet early next month.
Birmingham TGWU officer Jim Hunt said this week that his members are optimistic that some move can be made towards achieving a reduction In the working week.
Esso's tanker drivers are expected to vote on the company's productivity-related wage proposals on November 16, but no dates have yet been agreed for negotiations starting between the TGWU and Shell, BP, and Texaco.