Reads are 'satisfied'
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RICHARD and George Read, the two Gloucestershire hauliers who have taken out an injunction against the Transport and General Workers' Union say they are "very satisfied" with an agreement signed under the guidance of the Arbitration and Conciliation Advisory Service (Aces).
The TGWU, the Reads and Acas met on November 8 and reached an agreement which will become operational next Monday (November 19). But Richard Read told CM that he would be sending his lorries into the Cardiff docks yesterday (Friday), and expected that they would not be blacked by the Union.
The TGWU has agreed not to black the unloading or weighing of Read lorries in the Cardiff docks. The Union had also agreed not to interfere with Read lorries "throughout Wales, except in events of trade disputes involving the Union", George Read said.
Cardiff dockers in the TGWU had prompted the Reads' legal action by refusing to handle their lorries. The dockers' blacking followed a £50,000 fine and seizure of the South Wales Miners' Union assets after previous legal action from the Reads.