Three more pickets were arrested today at the Roberts Arundel factory. Two were cherged with obstruction, and the thira with eecault on the: pdlice, following five picket arrests yesterday. William Anten, Stockport Labour Councillor, who is president of the Stockport district committee of the Amalgamated Engineering Union was one of those arrested. The strike started 12 weeks ago when the firm sacked 144 workers in an effort to smash the union organisation. So vicisouly anti-trade union is the management that they left the employers' federation in order to avoid meeting the unions.A campaign to get national support will be launched,details will be given next week,
The WeekThe Week Vol. 7, No. 8, 23 February 1967
Further Picket Arrests at Arundel Factory
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