Th Rrs Eee Ie Briginshaw Replies to Times Editorial

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Your shallow editorial comments (July 12) concerning the Scottish newspaper stoppage are unworthy of your newspaper, To suggest that an organization responsibly led, as it is, by a democratically elected executive council, has in the circumstances of the dispute indulged in doubtful tactics shows an ignorance of the facts and realities of this industrial conflict in particular, and the general situation in industry of which it may be symptomatic. The various outside influences on normal matters of industrial negotiation are effecting a transfer of power from the trade union executives to the shop floor, A head of steam will explode if it is held down too long. It is certain that workshop demands will exceed those proposed by responsible negotiators in the trade unions whose experience teaches them the art of the possible, but there must be equally responsible and experienced people engaged on both sides, The officers of our society do not convey "dark hints" as events proved. They warned, as responsible people with an interest in the prosperity of an industry, of the inevitable consequences of toying with an important industrial problem,