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URTU calls for EN and shorter week

8th November 1980
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12-POINT pay claim from the United Road Tranport Union calling or a reduction in the working week and a basic wage of E90 per veek for hgv class 1 drivers has been presented to the RHA's northvest office.

The URTU claim, which also overs Merseyside and North Vales, is looking for a 39-hour veek this year with a firm agree-tent that next year there will be further reduction in the basic vorking week. If a reduced vorking week is not agreed, a '92.50 per week wage is being ought with all other grades inreased pro-rata.

The Union is also seeking imlrovements in subsistence, neal allowances, overtime, holilays, sickness/accident benefits, nd redundancy terms. There ire also clauses in the claim oncerning bereavement leave rnd losses of heavy goods 'ehicles licences and the claim, met, would be implemented iv January 1. Finally, a night ate is being asked for.

On holidays, the union is gessing for one additional day or each year's service (maxinum five years). It is also ;eeking a £1 per day meal allowince plus £11 night-out money. The RHA is due to meet URTU on November 13 and views the claim as "very ambitious". Meanwhile, the Association's North-West area office has also received a 16-point claim from the Transport and General Workers Union which is looking for a "substantial" basic rate increase.

The proposed increase is thought to be 16 per cent and unlike the URTU, the TGWU is seeking a reduction in the working week from 40 to 35 hours. Again, the TGWU is seeking improvements in holidays (to five weeks after five years), overtime (double time at weekends), and subsistence.

It has also asked for improvements in areas such as pensions, paternity leave and protective clothing. The next move is to set up a meeting which may take place later this month.

In South Wales the RHA has presented its case to the unions and a further meeting is not expected until early next year when, it is hoped, the economic climate will have improved. According to one employer in the region, overtime is a thing of the past and there are some vehicles in Wales working only one shift per week.

The RHA Western and Sheffield offices are still awaiting claims, and the Southern Joint Industrial Council meeting, planned for October 31, has been postponed until November 14.


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