BIG STRIKE IN NORTHAMPTONSHIRE
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'RANSPORT facilities were disor1 ganized in Northamptonshire and adjoining areas by a lightning strike of the 500 employees of the United Counties Omnibus Co., Ltd., which began last Saturday, without the approval of the Transport and General NVorhers Union.
• The men were given until 9 p.m. on Sunday to decide to return to work. With the men's decision to continue the strike, the company at once made arrangements to secure fresh operatives and, When they began to• arrive from all parts of the country on Monday, the company decided to offer them perma-. neat employment, to the exclusion of strikers.
The company announced as late as Tuesday morning that the offer of reengagement was still open to all except those who had taken part in attempts to interrupt the running of skeletori services. On Tuesday morning the concern had 30 vehicles in operation. Further men were available, but the company could not utilize them until the necessary licences were forthcoming from the East Midland Traffic Commissioners.