Company Pay Claim Soon: 18s. More Wanted
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1-1-'HE expected claim for higher pay I. for the 100,000 workers employed by provincial bus companies will soon be submitted to the 'National Council for the Omnibus Industry. An extra 18s. a week for drivers and conductors will be sought. This is a similar amount to that being claimed for municipal bus workers, which was reported exclusively in The Commercial Motor on June 15.
The municipal claim was discussed by both sides of the National Joint Industrial Council for the road passenger transport industry, in London, on Wednesday.
Yesterday, the Transport and General Workers' Union submitted their new claim on behalf of London's 58,000 busmen at a meeting with representatives of the London Transport Executive.
GLASGOW'S FINANCES IMPROVE THE financial position of Glasgow 1 Transport Department greatly improved during the past year. In the 12 months ended May 31, there was a deficit of 1135,415, whereas a loss of £594,000 had been expected. A surplus of 112,000 is estimated for the current year.
Motorbus operation showed a profit of £58,918 last year and the trolleybuses yielded £69,915. Trams lost £299,094. The number of tram passengers dropped by 16.5m. and trolleybus passengers by 800,000. The number of motorbus passengers was 3.5m. higher. Uniformity of fares on tram and motorbus route sections caused many passengers to use motorbuses instead of trams.
The department has an accumulated deficit of £1.3m., but there is unlikely to be any increase in fares unless costs advance.
WEATHER HITS DAY TRAFFIC
DAY return traffic from Victoria Coach Station, London, was hit by the bad weather on Sunday and Monday. Although figures were not available when The Commercial Motor closed for press on Wednesday, it was expected that they would show a decline on normal traffic for an August Bank Holiday week-end.
Period traffic, which is heavy at this time of year, was about normal. An official estimated that between 3,750 and 4,000 coaches were handled from Friday to Monday, compared with 4,000 for the corresponding period last year.
DISPUTE ON PAY
ON Wednesday, the Industrial Disputes Tribunal will hear a dispute on pay between Road Services (Caledonian), Ltd., and the Transport and General Workers' Union. The Union are claiming increases of 31-d. an hour for skilled maintenance workers, 3d. for the semi-skilled and 24-d. for unskilled employees, with proportionate increases for juniots,' •