Cold store takes case to civil court New court attack on dockers' jobs

Queen's Bench Divisional Court to obtain • a ruling that cold store work is not 'dock work'. The court upheld the ruling already given by an Industrial Tribunal.

The Lord Chief Justice, agreed with the tribunal's none of the work done at defined as 'dock work'.

It was not for the court finding of fact. The tribunal itself as to the law and had of goods at the store could carriage by sea. Mr Justice Talbot agreed.

At present nine dockers are employed at Bermondsey's, handling home-produced goods and imNational Dock Labour Board objected to the tribunal's ruling and took this week's case before the Queen's Bench. Mr Anthony Diamond, for the Board, said: 'If the operation at these premises is not dock work, then the company may employ non-registered dock workers and, if they so choose, they will be entitled to dismiss, or not employ, the services of registered dock workers.' Widgery's judgement means that the legal noose is being tightened around the dockers' fight to get cold storage jobs declared 'dock work'.

The fact that these cold stores have dockers on the payroll is an important point in the dockers' fight to get jobs in the depots.

For this reason the other big monopoly interests like Vestey's and Borthwick's have been interested in establishing the legal precedent that dockers have no right to cold-store jobs. Widgery has now provided this cast-iron ruling.

The use of the Queen's Bench has another feature worth noting. The employers did not seek to have the ruling made by the National Industrial Relations Court, because of the bitter feelings this court arouses among trade unionists.

Instead they have quietly obtained legal backing to sack dockers from the cold stores in the civilian courts-yet before the highest legal authority in the country, the Lord Chief Justice.

All Trades Unions Alliance MEETINGS Fight Rising Prices Force the Tories to Resign BIRKENHEAD: Sunday December 10, 7.30 p.m. Pier Hotel. WATFORD: Monday December 11, 8 p.m. Upstairs Room, Watford Trade Union Hall, Watford Road (opp. Watford Junction Station) .

WIGAN: Lancs. Monday, December 11, 7.30 p.m. The Market Hotel. Wages and laws against the trade unions'. Speaker: Mike Farley (Building trade worker). HULL: Monday December 11, 8 p.m. 'White Hart', Alfred Chelder Street, near Drypool bridge. 'No state control of wages.' AEU HOUSE, FLEMING WAY, SWINDON SPECIAL SHOWING OF THE 'RIGHT TO WORK' FILM. A film made by ACTT showing the five Right-to-Work marches from Glasgow, Liverpool, Swansea, Deal and Southampton to London, ending with a huge rally at Empire Pool, Wembley, laker: G. Healy, National Secretary of the Socialist Labour Leag lirman: F. Willis, AEU steward at British Rail Engineer BRACKNELL Thursday December MEAD VALE SCHOOL, PRIESTWOOD DEMOCRATIC RIGI GOVERNM National Secretary Lord Widgery, said he finding on the law that the cold store could be PUBLIC MEETINGS SWINDON Wednesday, December 13 8 pm on March 12, 1972. Workshop, Swindon (in a personal capacity). • We demand the right to work! • Make the Tory government resign! • Build the revolutionary party! to interfere with any had correctly directed decided that handling not be part of, their Willis and Mr Justice 'POLICE REVIEW' has urged members of the police force to make greater use of informers.

Detectives spend only 'a paltry amount on buying Information from petty criminals, and police need to exploit the paid informer to a greater degree.

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'We cannot be sure how much money is spent on paying informants. The figure must be known to a very few, but our inquiries show that in comparison with other items in the police prices.

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agreed Metalto fight SHEET METAL workers who face redundancy at the Sunderland plant of Coles Cranes are to hold a mass meeting on Sunday to work out ways of fighting the sackings.

After their shop-floor leaders met yesterday they went to see management in Newcastle. The redundancies are a result of a takeover of the firm by Acrow, which says 350 must lose their All unions have other unions the cut-back.

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The 'Review' is only expressing another sign of Inflation! Police narks are demanding more money for information and yet the fund down at the Yard is being frozen.

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