York hands pickets three-day strike bill
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YORK Trailer is to sue nine pickets who, it claims, Megan: picketed its Northallerton factory and forced it to close for thre days during the lorry drivers strike. Company chairman Fred Davies told CM this week that till bill of damages that the company will be claiming against till pickets is still being totted up — but it is to be presented to till nine pickets individually if the case is won. More than 400 people were laid off from the closed factor] during the picketing which was carried on despite instruction from Transport and General Workers Union officials at New castle to the pickets not to prevent vehicles from entering thi plant. "I hope others have got the guts to do the same thing," said MI Davies, "we are asserting our rights to run our own affairs — wi know we are not going to get any money from this case, yot can't get blood from a stone," he said. He added that the company had a "watertight" case and thi nine identified pickets plus two more who were unidentified hat since been disowned by the TGWU.