Ut 7% On The Rab

for 1988? The Transport and General Workers' Union has fired the first shots in its 1988 hire and reward drivers' pay and conditions claim — and it has already been met with a......

In Brief

• Improved sales in the UK helped Foden Trucks' parent company Paccar to increase its sales by 29% to 2690 million during the first half of 1987. It recorded a first-quarter net......

Unions Can't Ban Bedford's Kanban

• When Bedford's 1,700 workers returned to the Luton van factory this week, they ' found Japanese-style "kanban" working practices waiting for them — despite the fact that the......

East London Crossing Lags Behind

• Government ministers are unlikely to see the report on the proposed 2200 million Thames bridge in London's docIdands until next year, because of the complexity of evidence......