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First JIC pay guide gives 30p/hr raise
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• Around 1,000 Road Haulage Association members are Win; advised to increase their drivers' pay by 30p/hr following a deal witl union leaders this week.
The West Midlands Joint Industrial Council for the hire-and-reward sector increased minimum rates to 16.40/hr for a 50-hour week. Maximum rates rose to £7.30/hr.
As the first regional JIC to complete negotiations this year, the deal will act as a benchmark for scores of employers not in the RHA.
The Transport & General Workers Union wanted an increase o at least 8% to ensure drivers do not lose out from the introduction o the Working Time Directive in 2001 CM31 Oct-6 Nov 2002).
This deal is worth less than 5% bu Jimmy Hill, leader of the union': regional negotiating team, says dele gates felt hauliers were beini screwed down too much on rates te cope with a bigger increase. per sonally felt we needed a deal to heir attract new people to the industry.'
He says agencies are strugglini
It's 50 days since CM to attract recruits at rates a editor-in-chief Brian between £8-£12/hr so an extrl Weatherley wrote to 30p/hr will make no impact or Home Secretary David recruitment shortages.
Blunkett, requesting the John Hancox, the employers' rep.
repayment of the 1.2m— resentative who chaired the negotia and we still haven't had tions, says the solution is more corn any answer. This week, plex than simply offering more pay we're wilting to "We have to move to a situatior
Blunkett again—In the where customers appreciate thE
hope that this time it'll work hauliers do and accept the prompt a reply have to be paid a very respectable
rate to improve recruitment."