Why Heatons and dockers can't agree
28th April 1972, Page 15
28th April 1972
Page 15
Page 15, 28th April 1972
— Why Heatons and dockers can't agree
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Local Government In The United Kingdom, North West England, Geography Of England, Heaton, Surnames, Stevedore, Farrar, Transport And General Workers' Union, Port Of Liverpool, Liverpool, Politics
• A warning came from Mr Robert Heaton, Snr, director of one of the three haulage firms involved in the "blacking" dispute at Liverpool docks, on Tuesday, that his firm would go back to the National Industrial Relations Court if the dispute was not settled soon.
Mr Heaton was speaking after the break-down of talks between his firm, Heatons Transport (St Helens) Ltd, and Mr Doug Farrar, north-west regional secretary of the TGWU.
Earlier, talks between Mr Farrar and representatives of another of the three firms, Bishop Wharf Haulage Co, had also ended without agreement.
The dockers claimed that "blacking" was