Union Chef Talks To Employers (1956)

London. GV. Interior, Institute of Directors Conference in progress. Top view, directors listening to Lord Chandos (Sir Oliver Lyttleton), President of the Institute. SV. Lord Chandos addressing the meeting. SV. Directors listening. SV. Lord Chandos talking (natural sound): “Mind you as Mr Cousins is our guest and I would like to assure you that he may be certain of a courteous hearing. For anything that he wishes to say he will know as we all do that our courtesy does not extend to being in agreement in advance with anything that you may wish to put before him.“ TV. Delegates laughing and start to applause. SV. Mr Frank Cousins, the Secretary of the Transport and General workers union, rises to speak, amid applause. TV. Directors applauding. SV. Mr Cousins speaking (natural sound): “There must be no repetition of the . affair where six thousand workers, many of whom had been employed for more than 20 years, were summarily dismissed without consultation. Action of this king can destroy over night the