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Caxton drivers drop dispute
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DRIVERS AT Somerset-based CaxtonTransport have abandoned industrial action over pay after allegedly being threatened with a lock-out. The United Road Transport Union accuses the company of adopting "Victorian methods" to crush the dispute which may now be resolved in court.
Nearly 30 drivers joined a workto-rule a month ago, refusing to work more than 50 hours a week (CM11 November).
Two24-hourstrikeswereplanned this week but URTU regional officer Malcolm Williams says all industrial action was called off after the drivers were told they would be locked out unless it stopped. He adds that six drivers who have left the union since the dispute began have received an 8% increase, backdated to January.
Williams says that although drivers would have received 8% increase under a proposed pay deal, the dispute centres on a proposal to consolidate bonuses into basic pay.
Karen Jeffreys, secretary of the Highbridge-based company, denies a lock-out was threatened: -The company had previously offered an 8% pay increase which was rejected by URTU."