A.E.U. Dispute Leaves Buses Empty
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THE Dundee branch of the Amalgamated Engineering Union is slowly paralysing the municipal transport system by "blacking" its buses, it was alleged this week. The transport committee were told that at present 14 buses, some with the most minor defects, were standing idle.
Mr. W. L. Russell, general manager, said it was becoming impossible to run some duplicates and, before long, ordinary services might be affected.
On safety grounds, the A.E.U. want two men on workshop shifts lasting more than an hour. Because of the disagreement over their claim, the union has withdrawn certain overtime working. When Transport and General Workers' Union drivers took broken-down buses back to the garage--a job usually done by the A.E.U.—the A.E.U. then declared the buses " black " and would not service them.
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THE Rootes Group is to show a Commer -I-ton delivery van and a 7-ton Commer truck at the Brno International Trade Fair, Czechoslovakia, which is to be staged from September 11 to 25.