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THE Road Haulage Associ tion has sent a telex to tl United Road Transport Uni( and the Transport ar General Workers' Unit saying "if haulage employe were negotiating at the pr sent time (with the union they would find it extreme difficult to accept any al ditional labour costs".
The telex, sent to the tv unions' general secretaries, sa. that over the last three yea employees' earnings .have i creased by about 70 per ce compared with 50.9 per cent industry generally.
Hauliers are operating wil little or no profit and, says report, it seems that there generally no cash available. TV RHA claims that any pressure c wages will inevitably accelera. the failure rate among transpo businesses.
The United Road Transpo Union's general secretary Jacl son Moore, not surprising!) disagrees with the views c RHA. "Employers find it e) trernely difficult every yeal Every year they're bankrupt, he said.
"One or two small coil panies are experiencing difficu tiesagrees Mr Moore. "Som will go out of business bL employees shouldn't be blame — this-Government should.