PAY €5,000

Top: Henry Goad, the man wt took the AUEW to court. Abov Union president, Hugh Scanlo steward still out ONE THOUSAND Chrysler engine and transmission workers from the company's Stoke plant in Coventry agreed at a mass meeting yesterday by a large majority to end their week-old strike for the reinstatement of AUEW deputyconvenor Johnny Worth.

He was sacked last Monday because management said he continually refused to attend meetings between the company and Yesterday's mass meeting accepted a recommendation from the shop stewards' committee that they should return to work on Monday to allow negotiations to take place on Tuesday between management and union officials. Meanwhile, Mr Worth is suspended on full pay.

A number of workers who voted against the return expressed disappointment at the situation. An engine assembly worker told they're trying card off him, to get his steward's valu A transport driver said: 'This decision leaves Worth in a precarious position. This is obviously an attack on a militant shop steward. We should not have gone back without him.' defy the Industrial Relations fine for contempt.

This decision, which could with the anti-union laws, was of the 1.5 million operae win e nature Relation A ray instion et The combined executive of the union's four sections was up under it.

President of the engineers, Hugh Scanlon, commented after the decision: 'Our interpretation of our national conference policy is that it prevents our paying the fine voluntarily' The next move is up to the Industrial Relations Court.

Commissioners could be appointed to collect the fine. These will have absolute powers to carry out a partial sequestration of the union's property to realize the €5,000.

Whatever course is adopted it will cause great anger among the union's rank and file among the most militant workers in the country.

Scanlon said yesterday that the possibilities of complete sequestration had been discussed, but there was little information on this question.

But the union's troubles not end here.

The original fine was imposed for the union's contempt arising out of the case of James Goad, a Sudbury, Suffolk, engineering worker.

Goad got ar order from the court instructing the union to allow him to attend branch meetings-his local branch had banned him after he worked during a strike.

Yesterday Scanlon said that no instruction or contact had been made with the branch and presumably the policy with regard to Goad-an evangelist and keen supporter of the anti-union laws -still stands.

If Goad took another action in the court the union could suffer even more severe penalties.

The AUEW's attitude is in contrast to the Transport and Play the basis taken yesterday strong Amalgamated Union future clashes by the leaders of Engineering General Workers' Union executive, led by Jack Jones. After fines totalling £55,000, they bowed down to the court and began instructing their dock shop stewards to lift blacking action which the court had ruled illegal.

One of the last remaining cases came into the Industrial Relations Court yesterday when court president Sir John Donaldson paid tribute to the T&GWU leadership for co-operating.

The court did not levy any more fines on the union after an Ilth-hour decision to lift the black by Liverpool docks shop stewards of Howitt's Transport lorries.

Sir John said that the union had made ever increasing efforts to get the blacking lifted and this had culminated in a personal intervention by Jack Jones.

'This case illustrates that it is in the interests of all parties, and, indeed, of justice generally, that in cases of this kind all parties should attend and put all the facts before the court.

'The T&GWU has at all stages kept us fully informed of what has been going on, and we are having dohe bliged to them for for The engineers have so far held to the original TUC policy-reversed at Brighton this year-of non-co-operation with the court.

There was no indication that the AUEW would take further action. Scanlon said the TUC had not been involved and they had not tried to involve the TUC. FINE Courtauld's chairman Lord Kearton (above) yesterday met union officials representing the 1,000 workers at the company's Skelmers. ase story page plant whose jobs are in danger.

THE TORIES' Bill to legislate pay plan provides for action in the courts unions or sections of who press their wage The introduction of criminal law into the arena of wage-bargaining is an unprecedented step. Along with the introduction of the Industrial Relations Act and the National Industrial Relations Court it must be seen as a further stage in Heath's corporatist-style of government.

The Tory Press has deliberately obscured the cutting edge of the new legislation—-the Counter-Inflation (Temporary Provisions) Bill-which is to be railroaded through parliament. Have Press, Saturday November. 11, 1972 lutely clear. It states:

'If an organization of workers or organization of employers, or any other organization or person takes, or threatens to take, any action with a view to compel, induce or influence a person to contravene any of the provisions of section • 2 of this Act (which deals with holding down wages), he shall be liable:

"(a) on summary conviction to a fine fine? on conviction on indictment 1o a not exceeding £400, and The penalty described as (b) must be noted. It means the prospect of unlimited fines in a criminal court.