Tough and united
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-here is a change of mood in the ranks of road transport employers. The old ittitude of peace at any price has gone. A militancy usually attributed to • rades unions has developed in the board rooms and management is )eginning to manage.
The unprecedented step of two Scottish companies taking union officials o court on extortion charges was praised by the court. The CBI believe that rthers will find strength from the court's decision and the employers' action. -he lessons should also be learned by the trades unions.
At the RHA Conference George Newman, the association's director ieneral, called for employers to unite to counteract unreasonable demands. -le cited the haulage strike as an example of how there could be effective orporate action by employers.
His description of the TGWU anti-tachograph strikes as irresponsible and innecessary was apt. His clarion call for unity should be supported because le unions will demand extra money for tachographs, which is just about as tupid as asking for a payment not to break the drink and driving laws.
The TGWU may like to contemplate two points over the weekend. There ould only be enough traffic about for four-day week instead of five. The mployers, many of them ex-drivers, light show how tough and united they ow are.