TROUBLE LOOMING IN BRITISH ROAD SERVICES
poor Transport of 15th May contained the following report: 2 ee “e ansport Holding Company, which is not normally involved in the mestic affairs of its subsidiary trading companies, may find itself embroi led in staff troubles over the reorganisation of British Road Services Ltd : the general haulage companys Following failure to reach agreement with the management on aspects of the general haulage reshuffle, the trade unions. I understand,have requested a meeting with Sir Philip Warter, chairman of the T.H.C. The BRS plan is to streamline its top administrative arrangements by - merging six. divisions-and 25 districts into 13 new groupingswhich will be . ¥esponsiblé direct to the headquarters of the company, Laté® there were announcements of further contrastions-in the number of accounting points to 10, : The unions charge that little more than lip~service.is being paid to consultationin connection with ‘the reorganisation, which they feel is certain to: result in large scalé redundancy. of clerical staffs. After discussion on the implementation of :the plans was’ referred from nationel to divisional level, almost all the divisional committees failed to agree, and the plan was referred back to the national staff council, * we: