ROSS OF IRONWORKS TO BE BARRED BY 4000 STAFF

Grey River Argus, 5 November 1949, Page 5

ROSS OF IRONWORKS TO BE BARRED BY 4000 STAFF

Retaliation For Ban On Ministerial Visit (Rec 11.0) LONDON, Nov 4. The “Daily Mail” says: “Union officials at the' Cargo Fleet Ironworks, near Middlesborough, have declared the workshops out of bounds to their boss because of the latter's altitude in refusing entry to the works for a Minister of the Government. The men, have worked out a procedure, which, if adopted .will stop the managing director, Mr Benjamin Chetwynd Talbot, from setting foot in any part of the works. If he 'approaches, a code of signals is ready to warn the 4000 workers in this establishment to down tools. An “all clear”, to restart work will be given when he leaves. If the men agree to this procedure,

it might mean that T’albot will virtualls be a prisoner in his office. The move to ban Talbot began when he refused permission to the Minister of Pensions, Hon. Mr Marquand, to visit the works.