"Small Men Against Industrial Relations"
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THE benefits of workers' negotiating machinery for small coach and bus operators were referred to by Mr. A. J. Coxwell, regional passenger group secretary of the Transport and General Workers' Union, when he addressed the Gloucester and Cheltenham Group of the Institute of Transport, at Gloucester. on Tuesday.
Mr. Coxwell said that operators of small fleets normally engaged in private hire, excursions and touts and, sometimes, in express services and a limited amount of stage work, were opposed to any kind of industrial relationship except that of the individual.
Under these conditions there. was .no accepted standard of industrial relationships and workers who felt aggrieved became frustrated and dissatisfied. They moved from one employer to another, seeking "as it were. in the wilderness, the best."
A joint industrial council had been established in the south-west, andhad done good work for both the industry and the worker.
The small operator would find immense benefit from the kind of industrial relationship .which was generally accepted by all types of industry. "In this age in which we live, it is unbelievable that any industry would try and deprive its workers of the right to industrial relationships which give them the right of representation and service of experienced men," he said.
The union looked forward to an era when the small operator would have national and local machinery which brought in its trail order and contentment, fair competition and good relationships.
NEW LIGHT-ALLOY CONTAINER
ANEW type of light-alloy container is to be made by Light Alloy Construction, Ltd., who are to occupy a Government-built factory on the Carnmoney estate near Belfast. Mr. H. P. R. Scott, managing director, states that the container is novel to British industry.
It is made in sizes of up to 161 Cu. ft. and can be collapsed. Five collapsed containers take up the same amount of space as a full container. Corners arc of steel, and containers intended for fruit or livestock may be perforated. No pallets are needed for mechanical handling.
NEW P3 MODEL
A NEW version of the Perkins r-iP3(TA) agricultural three-cylindered oil engine will be shown for the first time by F. Perkins, Ltd., at the International Agricultural Machinery Show at Brussels from February 17-24. The new engine will be known as the P3/144(TA). It is rated at 32 b.h.p. at 2,000 r.p.m.
Features include provision for mounting a hydraulic pump, and thin-wall bearings on main and big-ends.