I joined Hants &
Dorset in 1967. |
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The first contract shows: |
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1. |
Your employment began on -2
OCT 1967 |
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2. |
Your pay is at the rates agreed
between the Company and the National
Union of Raiwaymen. A copy of
these rates and subsequent variations
thereto can be seen in the Office
of the premises at which you are
employed. You are paid weekly. |
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3. |
Your normal hours of work are
governed by the Agreement between
the Company and the National Union
of Railwaymen and are in accordance
with the schedule of duties posted
and amended from time to time
at the Depot to which you are
attached. |
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4. |
Your entitlement to holidays
and holidays with pay is defined
in the Agreement between the Company
and the National Union of Railwaymen. |
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5. |
Wages will not be paid during
any absence from work caused by
sickness or injury. |
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6. |
The Company does not provide
a Pension Scheme. |
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7. |
You are entitled to receive
one week's notice of termination
of employment increasing to two
weeks after two year's service
and to four weeks after five year's
service. You are required to give
the Company one week's notice
of termination. |
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8. |
Your employment is also subject
to your observance of the Company's
rules and regulations and any
future amendment or addition thereto. |
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9. |
Reference in this statement
to the Agreement between the Company
and the National Union of Railwaymen
means the Agreement dated 8th
August 1960 and any subsequent
amendment or addition thereto. |
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D.
G. Finley, Secretary. |
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In 1972, following the formal amalgamation
with Wilts & Dorset (the two companies
had been under joint management since
1962) a new version was issued. |
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It includes a statement required by
the Industrial Relations Act 1971 saying
that membership of a trade union is
optional but adds a note that membership
of the NUR is "wholly acceptable
to the Company". |
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NUR book, 1970. |
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This book, issued by the National
Union of Railwaymen (NUR) sets out the
rates of pay and conditions of service
agreed with the company. |
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It shows the following rates for platform
staff (in 1970): |
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£ |
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d |
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d |
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Drivers |
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13 |
14 |
10 |
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per week |
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6 |
10.450 |
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per hour |
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Conductors |
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13 |
7 |
1 |
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per week |
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6 |
8.125 |
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per hour |
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At this time, drivers of one-man buses
received an extra fifteen shillings
per week. Wages were based on a 40 hour,
6 day week. |
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The book includes details of the complex
agreement on working hours, breaks,
rest days and much more. |