Wage offers rejected
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TRANSPORT and General Workers jected wage offers by employers in England, and the East Midlands. Union negotiators have rethe West Midlands, Eastern The West Midlands offer, in response to an across-theboard claim for a £10 increase in basic weekly rates, was for a £4 increase in the 18 to 21 tonne payload rate (32.5 tonne gross) rate of £95.50 for 40 hours.
Pro-rata increases would have raised the £98 38-tonne rate by £4.10, and there would be a commensurate increase in the lower rates for smaller vehicles.
"Dark money" payments would rise by 2p per hour, subsistence would rise by 50p to £11.50, the death-in-service payment would rise from £7,500 to £10,000, and the basis for the severance payment scheme would rise from £85 to £90.
Road Haulage Association employers rejected the union's claim for a reduction in the 40hour week, increased holiday entitlement and holiday pay, and the introduction of a meal allowance.
A TGWU shop stewards' conference has been called for next week, after which its officers will seek another meeting of the Joint industrial Council.
A £4 increase in basic pay and a 25p increase in overnight
subsistence, offered by hauliers which operate from the Birmingham containerbase, has also been rejected by the TGWU.
In Eastern England, where the TGWU lodged a claim for a £7 increase on all rates, a £1 rise in subsistence, a review of benefits, and the introduction of a private pension scheme, employers offered £5 across the board and 50p on subsistence.
They offered a joint working party on benefits.
In the East Midlands, in response to a £10 claim and a £1 rise in subsistence, the employers' rejected offer was for £4.74 across-the-board and 25p on subsistence.
Tyneside TGWU drivers, who do not have a collective agreement with hauliers there, have claimed a £7 increase on an unspecified range of basic rates, a 39-hour week, a £12 overnight subsistence rate and a £5.50 differential for drivers of 38-tonners.
They want improvements in benefits, a working party on a pensions scheme, and for discussions to be arranged to establish a JIC for the area by this time next year.