MOSS Evans, the £7,000 a year leader of _ransport and Workers Union, has shown a greater willingness to stick his neck out in this than Terry Duffy, though Derek Robinson is a member of the AUEW and not the TGWU.
The West Midlands committee of the Transport Workers union has voted to make the strike official. Evans says waiting for the AUEW to meet 'out of courtesy' before he gives the go ahead to official actíon.
Welshman who Methyr Tydfil during the years of the depression, Evans came to the Transport Union in 1977 and is gaining a reputation for being a left wing trade union leader because of his support for the lorry drivers and now for Robinson.
Footsteps Rather Ilan following footsteps of his all powerful decessors, Ernest Bevin Jones, he has adopted a more open, quiet style of rule.
This has unambiguous, however. When elected to the post of general secretary General Issuca a code oI drivers strike, discipline members who the code.
regional Pragmatic he is merely Labour Party 'pragmatic'.
grew up power in trade unionist.
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been The along the line. supported the social contract. He practice to stop secondary picketing during the lorry although he did not disobeyed His position on democracy in the was also rather Moss Evans was not prepared to challenge Callaghan head on because as ne said at the time Callaghan has to do his job and I have to do mine'.
Trade union leaders like Evans may back all-out strike action in this dispute because if Edwardes can do this to Robinson he can do it to any Evans can't stand by and watch his base get smashed.
But when things get too hot and the prets starts to accuse Evans of 'challenging parliamentary rule' he'll That's why workers at Leyland should welcome official support but keep the pressure on Evans all the way