On 19 February DENNIS PENNINGTON, a the Lancashire Court alleged car, which picket The next later as its found in 'British court of Dennis reports board's February, letter of home priso When the colliery Western NCB Mr ing But in June much to the producuon manager. my dismissal appealed The Coal Board called for an adjournment of the heardn cne catetan l cnc third day let them gather further evidence.
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jections to reinstatemen • ШП as I had beer found guilty by a 'British Court Justice' I was unacceptable to the men ai pit. I'his argument casual ly omits the fact that many vuCo olO ay court, but who had choser W CLurI wOrK beToTE the end of the dispute, still remained 'acceptable their peers.
After six weeks the Inanimous decision that 1 tribunal reatener had been unfairly dismissed. Their full report was an indictment of NCB's reasons for dismissing me. It said tha they had broken accepted aei cehiculs dismissing me because of my imprisonment, news of which was only reaching the management 'on the eta evine The manager wrongly believe that I had been sent down for six months The tribunal is to meet the board on 15 October where it will order reinstatement. The response from the boar far Is a deafenin silence Despite MacGregor's statement in a recent Coal News article. Savilt tha those who thought they had been un fairly dismissed follow accepted legal pro cedures and make plication to an industrial tribunal, many men who ‹have won their appeals still remain on the wrong : side of the pit gates. Whither the coal board's adulation British courts justice now?