from a special correspontent
The struggle in the Torquay area to force hotels to recognise traie union negotiating rights has hotted up, Late last week the TGWU succeeded in cutting off supplies of heating oil to the hotels with which it is in dispute, The hotels have retaliated by arranging for the Gas Board to pipe gas to the Torbay Hotel (the place where the dispute started), A very bad role is. being played by the General and Municipal Workers' Union, which is recognised by the Torquay Hotels Associaticn, This union has been publicly denouncing the strike of the TGWU members, The G & M orgarises the gas workers who are installing the pipes. Meanwhile a propaganda war is being waged by the two sides. In a statement issued on February 12, Mr. Bert Ray of the TGWU disclosed that 10 hotels had agreed to hold talks with the union, This has been denied iby the chairman of the Tcrquay Hotels Association. Many local union rembers expect the TGWU to try to persuade the Government to stop the strike-breaking action of the Gas Board.