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equivalent to the CPC before taking office. "You've got to grow up. It is just not practical to do so. I don't see how you can place such an obligation on trade unionsists."
Such a law would be defied widely and the law would be come an ass. "It would just end up in disaster," he said, and added that the real respon sibility lay with the employer to get a reasonable standard of trade unionist to represent his employees.
C. W. Rolph of McCall and Greenshields Ltd suggested that the recent "avalanche of ex
treme claims" from the transport and general workers unions
was a sign of union power being used against the Conservative Government. Road haulage was being used as a pawn in a political game.
Mr Prior recognised that a tough time lay ahead and that a few people would use any situation to try and make political capital. We have to ensure that thier minority view is not adopted by the majority.