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trade unionists whose services to the ruling class were recognised by the Queen in the New Years Honours List and who seem well suited to this honour were two from Oxford who received OBE's.
One of these Arthur Dent whose major claim to fame was that, whilst he was a member of Oxford Trades Council he crossed an official picket line during the 1973 Hospital workers strike. For this he earned such hatred that he stopped attending Trades Council meetings.
The other is worker Priest the right reverend Tony Williamson, chairman of the T&GWU S/60 Branch which covers the BLMC Body Plant. His most recent claim notoriety that as Sheriff of Oxford he is in charge of the bailiffs of the city.
It was Williamson's bailiffs who evicted the Linton Lodge hotel strikers on official T&GWU strike) after management defeated T&GWU the courts and had the strikers evicted.
LEAGUE
PUBLIC MEETING CENTRAL LONDON "The Struggle for Wages and Unions in the Hotel Industry"
Tuesday 11th January at 7pm Kenilworth Hotel, Gt. Russell St.
London WC1