The new 'conciliators'
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The council of the new independent Conciliation and Arbitration Service named
by John Darker THE council of the new independent Conciliation and Arbitration Service has been named by Mr Michael Foot. Secretary of State for Employment. The council will, with its chairman, Mr James Mortimer, be responsible for the operation of the service when it starts work on September 2.
The other nine members are: Richard William Briginshaw, Jack Jones, George Fenwick Smith, Herbert Leonard Farrimond, George Antony Peers, Thomas Alan Swinden, Prof Hugh Armstrong Clegg, Prof Lawrence Colvin Hunter, and Prof John Crossley Wood.
Mr Briginshaw, 66, has been general secretary of the National Society for Operative Printers, Graphical and Media Personnel since 1951 and a member of the TUC General Council since 1965.
Mr Jack Jones, 61, has been general secretary of the Transport and General Workers' Union since 1969 and, with Mr Hugh Scanlon, leader of the Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers, is often regarded as the "terrible twin" of British trade union leaders. Mr Jones has vast experi ence of public service ranging from the magistrates' bench to membership of the National Economic Development Council.
Prof H. A. Clegg, 54, has been a member of a number of committees and courts of inquiry. He served on the National Board for Prices and Incomes 1968-71 and before that was a member of the Royal Commission on Trade Unions and Employers' Associations. He is Professor of Industrial Relations at Warwick University and author of standard textbooks on industrial relations.
Mr H. L. Farrimond, 49, is member for industrial relations of British Railways Board. His earlier experience in industry included periods of service with ICI Metals Division, Dunlop Rubber Company and Upper Clyde Shipbuilders.
Mr G. A. Peers, 50, has been director (industrial relations) of the Engineering Employers' Federation since 1972. Earlier experience included spells as staff relations manager of British Leyland Motor Corporation (1966-1969) and indus trial relations manager, Ford Motor Company (1960-1966), Mr T. A. Swinden, 59, has been deputy director (industrial relations) CBI since 1970. He is a former director of the Engineering Employers' Federation and director of the Engineering Industry Training Board in 1965.
Mr G. F. Smith, 60, is general secretary, Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians, and was chairman of the TUC General Council 1971-72.
Professor J. C. Wood, 46, a barrister-at-law, responsible for a Chair at Sheffield University, is a member of various Wages Councils and has chaired boards of arbitration and courts of inquiry into industrial disputes.
The youngest member of the council is Prof L. C. Hunter, 40, Professor of Applied Economics, University of Glasgow. Prof Hunter has served on various Wages Councils and arbitration bodies. He was a member of the Court of Inquiry into the dispute between the National Coal Board and the Mineworkers' Union in 1972 and was appointed chairman of the Post Office Arbitration Tribunal from 1974.
CAS chairman, Mr James Mortimer, 53, has been Member for Industrial Relations of London Transport Executive since 1971. He was a member of the National Board for Prices and Incomes 1968-1971 and a member of the Wilberforce Court of Inquiry into the power dispute in 1970. Mr Mortimer will be a fulltime chairman of CAS; the other members of the council are being appointed on a part-time basis.
Mr Dudley Turner, 57, is to be secretary to the Conciliation and Arbitration Service. Since 1973 he has been secretary to the Commission on Industrial Relations, which is now winding up.
Chief conciliation officer of CAS is to be Mr Andy Kerr, well known for his industrial relations troubleshooting in Scotland when in charge of the Ministry of Labour's 1/ R department. From 1968-71 he was chief conciliation officer for the Department of Employment in London.