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N SILBERMANN, formerly National Chairman of the I Haulage Association, addressing the RHA's Annual or at the Grosvenor House Hotel, London, last week, that trade union immunities should be reduced so that were confined solely to primary action.
3 said that the view within the Association is hardening over irogress being made towards the revision of employment
Debate has alternated between the wisdom of a policy that I be described as conciliatory and one that could be ibed as less conciliatory. The opinion within the Association inging rapidly towards a much greater degree of revision
.1rning lorries, picketing and blacking than currently enviby the Government. It is hardly necessary for me to ate that road haulage always becomes involved in every
industry.'
The RHA believes that the law is in need of major revision following the recent decision by the Law Lords to overrule the Appeal Court judgement. It seems, they say, that the recent Lords' decision has guaranteed wide freedom to extend strike action, secondary picketing and secondary blacking, to any business anywhere in the country. Also to interfere with a man's right to work, whether he is in dispute or not. This is a situation which cannot be allowed to continue said Mr Silbermann, He acknowledged that the
Government was making progress, but it seems to many that the progress is slow. It appears to lack action and falls short of the promises in the pre-election manifesto. According to Mr Silbermann the manifesto said that the protection of the law ,would be available to those not concerned in a dispute. It also said that further changes would be made so that a citizen's right to work and to go about his lawful business free from intimidation and obstruction would be guaranteed. Unless these conditions are created now, industrial strife will continue and so will the deterioration of the economy, he said.