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Bodybuilders Want Ruling By Unions

4th July 1958, Page 52
4th July 1958
Page 52
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THE dispute . between employers and trade unions as to which class of craftsmen should handle the plastics panelling increasingly used as an alternative to metal in bodybuilding was discussed last week at the annual conference of the National Association of Vehicle Builders.

The conference passed a resolution asking the employers' side of the Joint Wages Board to seek a meeting with the National Union of Vehicle Builders and the National Union of Sheet Metal Workers, to get an agreement on the allocation of work. The suggestion for a settlement was that the work should be allocated in accordance with local shop custom and practice.

The resolution was moved for Manchester branch by Mr. Aubrey Lomas, of Herbert Lomas, Ltd., Wilmslow, Manchester. This company is one of several which have been affected by the inter-union dispute D6 The disregard of cellulose spraying regulations by certain small garages and " back street" motor repairers was also discussed. It was decided to ask local branches to notify the Association's headquarters of any complaints, so that they could be forwarded to the local authorities.

The help which the Rural Industries Bureau can give to country bodybuilders was stressed by Mr. J. H. Beal, of Lincoln. Last year, the Rural Industries Loan Fund had bought equipment worth £28,000 to modernize workshops, and 27 applications for assistance had been dealt with, he said. More than 7,000 vehicle repairers were on the Bureau's books.

In his presidential address, Mr. N. R. Carrington-Bates urged that more thought should he given to the standardization of units and components, and the increased use of plastics mouldings. to offset higher costs and the shorffige of skilled labour.


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