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| Ian Hampden suspects that one of the shop stewards is driving workers to confrontation with the management and discusses the situation with the shops manager.
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2.
| Ted Fielding is so much better at handling labour disputes than Ian that he decides to talk to the shop steward himself.
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3.
| Jack Green's always trying to make trouble in the works. He 's been busy agitating in connection with the latest wage claim.
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4.
| Smith explained away his behaviour and said that he cleaned Mr. Wiles' car last night out of works' time.
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5.
| The private arrangement between Peter Wiles and Smith reads: if Smith works an hour on Peter’s car he takes an hour and a half from his day's work.
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6.
| Smith threatened Ian Hampden that he would have a walk out on his hands if he tried dismissing Smith.
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7.
| If Smith had complained to Peter Wiles about being underpaid Peter would have paid him a bit more, or taken the car to the garage.
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8.
| The labour dispute has been engineered by the District Organiser of the National Workers' Union because he wanted to negotiate a wage claim.
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9.
| Ian thinks there should be some system of profit sharing and is sure that the labour dispute in question is a direct result of ill-feeling in the works.
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10.
| H.G. has always been enthusiastic about profit sharing and is going to bring it up at the Management Committee Meeting.
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