Oxford Course for Shop Stewards
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From our Indus-trial Correspondent IN a novel experiment shop stewards from the motor industry are to go to Oxford University to study industrial relations.
The men, from the Cowley factory of the Pressed Steel Company, will take a 16-week course with the full blessing of the company and of six of the biggest unions.
Every Friday afternoon while the course lasts they will leave their work benches for the lecture room. The lectures will cover the economy of their industry, trade union structure and practice, and various aspects of industrial relations.
They will be paid for the time away from work at rates agreed between the management and unions.
Fifteen shop stewards will take part in the first course which starts later this month. A second batch of 15 will take the course later.
Conducted by the extra-mural delegacy of Oxford University, the course is the first of its kind in the motor industry.
It is in line with one of the main provisions of the " peace charter" signed
earlier this year between leading mow* manufacturers and union leaders after a series of talks under the chairmanship of Mr. John Hare, the Minister of Labour. This called for special training of this kind, not only for shop stewards but also for junior management.
" PAYMENT DEFERRED"
" PAYMENT DEFERRED" is the title of an attractive brochure produced to mark the centenary year of the North Central Wagon and Finance Co., Ltd. It points out that hire-purchase has beenused in Britain for 100 years.
Forthcoming Events
September 21.0etober 1.—Frankfurt Motor Show. October 1.—Institution of Municipal Engineers.
" Planning for Traffic" Convention, Central Hall, Westminster.
October 5-15.—Paris Motor Show. (Cars only.) October 14.—R.II.A. East London sub-area Banquet
and Ball, Park Lane Hotel. London, October 17-18.—Road Haulage Association Con ference, Brighton.
October 18-28.—Earls Court Motor Show. October 24-27.—Royal Dairy Show. Olympia. October 28-November 8.—Turin Motor Show. October 31.—British Electrical and Allied Manu facturers' Association Dinner. Grosvenor House, Park Lane, London, November 10-18.—Scottish Show, Kelvin Hall. Glasgow.
November 13-16,—National Maintenance Conference and Exhibition. Central Hall. Westminster.
February 22-Marrh 4.—Amsterdam Show. April 741.—National Coach Rally. Blackpool.
April 30-May 5.—F.I.S.1.T.A. Ninth International Automotive Technical Congress. Church House, Westminster.
May 11.1&—Mechanical Handling Exhibition. Earls Court.
May 15-17.—Public Transport Association Conference. Ilarrogate.
May 29-June 1.—Institute of Transport Congress. Cardiff.
September 21-29.—Commercial Motor Show, Earls Court.
October 17-27.—Earls Court Motor Show, Following arc the provis:onal dates of Continental shows for 1562: Copenhagen—March 7-1 t; Geneva— March 15-25 Paris—Oct. 4-14: Torin—Oer, 31Nov. 11.