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S_study Dispute in Wednesbury

The Week Vol. 6, No. 23, 22 December 1966 · p. 11 of the scan · 152 words

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From our Industrial Correspondent

The werks convenor, his deputy and officials of the sh comes nate were amongst these suspended until further be Trigg anh per, by Steel Nut and Joseph Hampton of Wednesbury, Staffs, due to a ispute over time and motion methods. These suspended refused to co-operate in a new works study scheme. A spokesman of the 1T.G.W.U said on the 15th December that "It is an attempt to smash the unich bat ns Sod ces Nightshift workers whe alse refused to fill in

ave no een penalised. Soul aetion tice ay is Only peeple connected with the union

This is another example of employers taking advantage of the present economic situation to try to impose speed up and attack union organisation on the shop floor. It seems that Wilson's shakeout and redeployment is merely a euphenism for an attempt to break shop stewards organisation in the factories. i a

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