A ballot of the 4,300 members of the National Union of ig Assurance “overwhelmingly rejects" the idea of Seamer — ao Slow and submitting their wage Claim to arbitration. The union is sanicte a three year agreement and a 15s. a week pay increase this year for spate — Since late August the agents have been limiting industrial branch oor=to-door = collections to £50 a week instead of the usual £120. And for the last Berar month they have refused to present their cash books to local company
On 28th October the Prudential Assurance section of the N.U.I.W. made a new offer to the management in an effort to solve 4 dispute about forfeited earnings. At present agents have to refund comission to the company when policies in force for more than 2 years are discontinued. The N.U.I.W. have sug gested that the refunding system be suspended for a trial period. If the company agrees the two sides will discuss implementation and criteria for a settlement at the Ministry of Labour on November 4th. If no settlement is reached by December 14th the union will instruct its members to refuse to accept any new industrial branch business. Agents working for other major a companies have agreed not to handle business refused by Prudential agentSe