Register reprieved?
By David Maude
1972David MaudeTrade union leaders and the TUC Read the scan at ETOL (PDF) →Read from the scan by machine and not corrected: headlines and words can be misread, and a caption or advert can run into the text. For anything you quote, read the scan.
UNIONS who have broken ranks with the TUC and registered under the Industrial Relations Act will be in no danger of expulsion until September 1973 if the TUC General Council has its way.
A pre-Congress Council meeting yesterday approved a recommendation that delegates from the 34 unions suspended for registration will be allowed to participate and vote in a special debate on Monday afternoon.
If the vote is in favour of the recommendations, the 34 unions will have to withdraw from Congress, but a decision on their suspension will be postponed to 1973.
Up to December 31, 1972, the General Council will have power to remove the suspension of any union which comes off the register. After that unions would remain suspended even if they did come off.
Unions who want tougher action against those who have defied the policy decided at two Congresses last year will be meeting today to decide their policy in Monday's debate.