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Pay Claim Talks

8th November 1963, Page 62
8th November 1963
Page 62
Page 62, 8th November 1963 — Pay Claim Talks
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From our Industrial Correspondent

MEGOTIATIONS on the London bus1 men's pay claim got under way on Friday, even though the overtime ban came into force on Wednesday of last week with the result that about 1,000 of the 6,000-strong fleet of red central buses stayed in their garages; and this week some country bus crews stopped overtime working.

Mr. Brian Harbour, board member in charge of bus operations, pointed out that the ban imposed by a decision of the Central Bus Delegate Conference, made negotiations on the claim extremely difficult. He requested the negotiating committee to reconsider the position.

They agreed to do so and Mr. Sam Henderson, the union's national passenger group secretary, then argued their case for a 30s. a week pay rise, a 40-hour week and a third week's holiday.

Although the busmen agreed to reconsider the overtime ban, they planned to leave consideration to a meeting of the Central Bus Committee on Wednesday and Thursday. But any decision would be left to another delegate conference, which would take some days to summon.

Although an early reply to the claim by the L.T.B. can be ruled out, a substantial sum of money is believed to have been earmarked for improving busmen's wages and conditions. London Transport is believed to be thinking in terms of a threeor four-year plan of improving conditions, coupled with proposals for improving efficiency. But to get a quick settlement they may content themselves with an immediate offer.

Provincial busmen will put in their pay claims next week, the company busmen on Monday (November 11) and the municipal busmen on Thursday.