Blacking order
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A HIGH COURT judge has ordered an end to the blacking by Cardiff dockers of lorries owned by Gloucestershire haulage firms, Richard Read (Transport) and George M. Read, both of the Forest of Dean.
The injunction was applied for by both hauliers when dockers refused to weigh or unload their lorries carrying scrap metal.
The blacking was imposed the day after the contempt action brought by the two hauliers led to the South Wales National Union of Mineworkers' being fined £50,000 and having its assets seized.
The judge, Mr Justice Vineloft, suspended the operation of his order until yesterday (Friday) to give time for settlement talks, chaired by the conciliation service ACAS.
If the blacking is still in force on November 12, the dockers' union, the Transport and General Workers' Union, would be ordered not to "encourage or instruct" its members to refuse to unload or weigh the two companies vehicles.
TGWU South Wales regional secretary George Wright told CM that the union had made itself available for discussion with ACAS.