Piety in motion

Press, 28 July 1976, Page 11

Piety in motion

Knowledge obtained trum a public library book on chairmanship came to the rescue of the chairman at a meeting of the Canterbury’ Clerical Workers’ Union. The chairman. Mr Tom Ta lor. said that he had used the expression "a pious! motion” to quash a motion: calling for no action to be! taken about the Government’s , wage-freeze regulations. A rank-and-file member of! the union wrote to “The! Press” asking if the chairman i was correct in ruling that the I motion was a pious one, and) therefore would not be put! to the meeting Mr Taylor said that he! used the expression to throw! out the motion because there I were a lot of disruptions and I the meeting “got so disrup-, tree that three members were I moving motions at the samel time.” "According to the rules, the decision of the chairman is final unless the meeting rules otherwise. Anyone from the floor could have challenged me but no-one had: heard of the expression ‘a I pious motion.’ so no-one | challenged me.” said Mr' Taylor. He defined a pious motion! as one that called for no!