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Did pregnancy lead to o-m-o buses?
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• "When one of Alexander's conductresses became pregnant the situation undoubtedly suited the company very well," an Industrial Tribunal said on August 18. "They sacked the conductress and started running one-man buses instead."
The pregnant clippie was one of three working for W. Alexander and Sons (Northern) Ltd, in the Aberdeenshire village of Mintlaw.
The Tribunal, held in Aberdeen, was considering her claim for redundancy payment. But chairman Mr A. C. R. Watt said that. although the dismissal "suited the company" the Tribunal felt the conductress was not sacked by reason of redundancy and turned down her claim.
Earlier, the Tribunal learned that the girl, who earned £18.75 for a 40-hour week, had asked for leave of absence because she had
heard of it being granted at other depol under similar circumstances. She was tol this was not company policy.
Mr Malcolm Stewart, the company traffic manager, said: "She was not paid o to introduce one-man operation to Mintlal The problem was simply to cover her wor After she was dismissed, a one-man bus wt taken from Peterhead to Mintlaw whe drivers had been trained for this purpose."
Platform parity with PT
• Platform staff with the Northet General Transport Co Ltd are to go ahe with their claim for a wage rise to give the parity with employees of the Tyneside PT] The NGT men are refusing to operate joi services with the Executive until thi claim is settled. Mr F. Doyle, Northe regional organizer for the TGWU. said had been informed that under a natior agreement they could negotiate rates of p where there were joint services with a PT1