Minister in Liners Discussion
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From our Industrial Correspondent
THE Minister of Transport is to take a hand in the long drawn out dispute about giving private hauliers access to the proposed liner-train terminals. He is calling leaders of the National Uninn of Railwaymen to see him to discuss their continued opposition to the scheme and no doubt hopes that the weight of his persuasion will tilt the balance when the 24-man executive of the union discuss the matter again.
The British Railways Board has also done its best at a meeting with union leaders to offer further inducements to overcome their reluctance. As forecast in The Commercial Motor, it extended the guarantee against dismissals, formerly for a period of two years, to an indefinite period and also guaranteed that there would be no drop in the earnings of cartage staff.
Apparently reference was also made by the Railways Board to British Road Services, planning to equip its fleet with 28-ton vehicles, which would be well suited to liner-train operations.