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"the Facts of the Dispute Between Square Grip Reinforcement Co. Ltd. and

The Week Vol. 6, No. 20, 3 December 1966 · p. 6 of the scan · 111 words

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"On Thursday, 26th November, 1965, in resnonse to a request from workers employed by Square Grip Reinforce.ient Co. Ltd., 65 workers joined the Union. Within the following two weeks a further 20 workers enrolled and this established 90% organisation. The Union informed the Company and requested a meeting with the Management for the establishment of Trade Union Recognition but this was completely refused.

"On 6th January, 1966, 21 of the Union members were sacked whilst overtime was being worked and the Company issued instructions to all their workers to seek alternative employment or cease to be members of their Trade Union. This dispute was reported to the Conciliation Officer of the

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