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Seeking Peace in the Motor Industry
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From Our Industrial Correspondent
QUMM IT talks to probe the unhappy
industrial relations in Britain's motor industry have got off to a fair start. After Monday's two-hour first meeting of "top brass" of the industry and the unions, under the chairmanship of the Minister of Labour, Mr. John Hare, there was a general feeling of optimism that some good will come out of this inquiry.
A statement issued afterwards said that the meeting had agreed on terms of reference for the joint talks. These were 4' to review informally industrial relations in the motor industry."
The two sides are to lose no time in getting down to the problem. They are to meet again next Friday. The sort of thing the Minister has in mind is to find out how often strikes occur through failure of communication on either the management or the union side. And how far these failures can be attributed to the inadequate training and selection of the men handling industrial relations.
Perhaps the most promising sign at the meeting was that both sides admitted that the faults which had come to light were not all one sided.