Teamsters accept 18 per cent
9th April 1976, Page 24
9th April 1976
Page 24
Page 24, 9th April 1976
— Teamsters accept 18 per cent
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AMERICAN lorry driver members of the Teamsters Union have settled their three day strike which threatened to paralyse the country's transport system. They accepted an 18 per cent pay rise over three years.
The Teamsters move 60 per cent of the country's food and manufactured goods and the rise is thought to add significantly to the American family's cost of living.
An average driver will now get around £4.47 per hour ($8.95) compared to the £3.65 ($7.30) he now earns. And the settlement will also give them an open-ended cost of living allowance £8.50 ($17.00) a week in pensions health and other benefits.
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