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Originally Posted by Ron Stringer
The National Maritime Board (NMB) negotiated pay and conditions of employment for all ranks and ratings in the British Merchant Navy and comprised representatives from shipowners and shipping unions. The radio companies paid Radio Officers the minimum rate agreed between the ROU and the employers' representatives at the NMB - known as the NMB rate which was published for all to see. The charges that the radio companies made on the shipowner for each R/O supplied were directly linked to the NMB rate. Few companies were willing to pay the radio companies more than was warranted by their costs per R/O under NMB rates. If the R/O was paid more than the NMB rate, the increase would have come from the radio companies' margins.
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Hi Ron,
Can you recall what they were paying back then?