Industrial Management: Volume 73 Issue 9
Table of contents
Let sleeping laws lie
It is difficult to understand why the bulk of the trade union movement remains implacably opposed to the Industrial Relations Act and why repeal or drastic amendment of the Act…
The Act which plays to an empty theatre
Closed shops continue to flourish….secret strike ballots have scarcely been used….legally enforceable agreements are ‘dead letters’….for all its initial controversy, the IR Act…
Dockland puts its houde in order
The British ports industry, despite its unwieldy structure, is becoming ship‐shape and profitable. But with nationalization still on the horizon, there is a danger that the…
Psst…someone's kidnapped the boss
Multinationals are maintaining a tight‐lipped silence oyer the abduction of high‐ranking executives who are held to ransom by guerilla movements. For these self‐styled…
£10 to stop the rot
Use of a new rust‐resistant steel would add less than £10 to the cost of an average car. Yet most of Britain's motor industry refuse to use it, claiming that advanced painting…
Bill Fraser, CBE,BICC
It was no easy task to find a successor to Lord McFadzean, who was recognized not only as a figurehead for his own company but of industry generally. But British Insulated…
The cautious punter
During college vacations, young Bob Dickinson attended National Hunt meetings, betting with money given to him by his uncle. Today, the managing director of SKF, the ball‐bearing…
ACID RAIN: threatens timber growth
At least six European countries are guilty of ‘exporting’ pollution, reports John Lawless. Millions of tons of sulphur dioxide from power stations and factories are blown down a…
TOOL MAKERS PICK UP THE BITS
Optimism is running high over the long‐awaited resurgence of the machine‐tool industry. But one leading manufacturer has warned that the ‘boom’ is merely a return to semi‐normal…
3D CAMERAS WIDEN THEIR RANGE
Holography — the method of three‐dimensional photography, using lasers, for component testing and design — is overcoming some of the practical drawbacks which have restricted its…
No blank cheque for Nixon's Trade Bill
In the midst of the Watergate revelations, Congressional support for President Nixon's Trade Bill—which would give him unprecedented executive powers—appears to be on the wane.
Planemakers to form Euro‐club
Colin O' DwyerROLLS‐ROYCE, according to new Commission planning, is to form part of a multi‐national research team of European aircraft engine manufacturers.