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A FUNNY thing happened on 14 May outside Old Oak Common Depot, the diesel depot for Paddington station.

Three rail workers - Pete Grant a member of ASLEF, Ernie Tregadon a member of the NUR executive, and John Davage, the ASLEF branch secretary at Paddington, were handing out leaflets encouraging workers to strike and explaining why 14 May action was taking place.

The three pickets were approached by two uniformed police officers who emerged from an unmarked car. 'Do you work here?' the pickets were asked. When they answered in the affirmative, the police inquisitors, taking their cue from written instructions, countered: 'Are you in dispute with your employer?' Tregadon, Davage and Grant realised that the police were quoting from the provisions of the Tories' Employment Bill, which happens not yet to be law.

Photo: CARLOS AUGUSTO (IFL) This was pointed out to the police, who came back with: "Move on or we'll arrest you'. So they moved on.

The Metropolitan Police is evidently making preparations for putting the Employment Bill into effect.

The photograph taken by Carlos Augusto shows mounted police charging pickets in London's docks. Didn't hear about it? Not surprising realiy. They're just practising. The 'pickets' are cops in civvies.

Socialist Challenge 22 May 1980

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