Wages : Claim to Go to Arbitration
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IN the absence of agreement between 1 the employers and the Transport and General Workers Union and others, the claim of company bus workers for increased pay is to be referred to arbitration. This decision was reached last week.
It was agreed by the National Council for the Omnibus Industry that any award made by the arbitration tribunal would be back-dated to August 30. The tribunal will be set up shortly.
The Unions rejected the companies' offer of an increase of 7s. a week. The municipal undertakings have granted their employees advances ranging from 7s.. 6d. to Ils. a week.
Negotiations continued last Friday between the T.G.W.U. and the London Transport Executive for an increase in wages for 58,000 motoibils, trolleybus and tram operatives. No date has been fixed for the resumption of discussions.
On October 10, the principals of the • Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions will meet representatives of the Engineering and Allied Employers' Federation to make formal application for an increase of £1 a week for workers in engineering. Commercial-vehicle manufacturers are closely concerned in this matter.
According to the Ministry of Labour Gazette, wages paid in transport and communications in the first seven months of this year rose by £519,500 a week. The section dealing with vehicles showed a weekly increase of £132,400.