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DISPUTE HITS CAR DELIVERY
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CAR TRANSPORTER drivers on strike in Coventry could bring Leyland and Chrysler car plants in the area to a halt in a dispute involving the sacking of 17 drivers.
The 17 men have been made redundant by Silcock and Collings, but members of the two local branches of the Transport and General Workers want the men re-instated.
And on Monday the dispute spread to other car delivery companies, bringing the total number of men of strike to 400.
Cartransport (BRS) Ltd managing director Mr Derek Beaumont described the strike as "sad". He said kthat it was not an argument that the rest of the companies were involved in and he thought most of the striking drivers were "reluctant".
Mr Beuamont said that Coventry Association of Vehicle Delivery Agents help had been offered by chairman Mr David Barrow, but the unions involved in the dispute had turned the offer down.
The strike started when 80 drivers at Silcock and Coiling came out a month ago in support of their sacked colleagues. They have been joined by men from Cartransport, Autocar, and Tollman James.
Production at the Leyalnd Jaguar and Triumph plants is likely to be worst hit. Mr Beaumont said that finished vehicles are piling up at the Triumph plant — the first to be affected.
Action by the drivers involved means that as many as 20,000 men may be laid off by Leyland unless a settlement to the dispute is found.