'Spy' strike next week
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• The unofficial two-day strike among Britain's haulage drivers has been fixed for October 28-29.
It is a protest against the proposal that tachographs should be fitted to record speed, distance and stopping times on journeys.
Unofficial strike leaders are recruiting support at depots in London, Manchester, Leeds and Teesside. They hope to paralyse all key trunk centres in a similar manner to the recent strikes at Manchester and Teesside.
The drivers insist that the "spy in the cab" should not be accepted, even as a talking point, by their unions.
Mr. Richard Marsh, Minister of Transport, last week saw Mr. Jackson Moore (United Road Transport Union) and Mr. Jack Jones (Transport and General Workers' Union) for discussions on the tachograph proposal. These were informal preliminary talks at which the Minister stressed that no decisions had yet been taken on what information the tachographs should record.
Mr. Marsh stressed, too, that he would not be able to introduce new regulations until the Transport Bill became law. In any case, he would only act in full consultation with the unions.
A meeting between the Minister and Mr. Alex Kitson (Scottish Commercial Motormen) took place earlier this week at which similar points were discussed.