29 10 310 https://nam.maydayrooms.org/files/original/d1b7cfa1985f1b4f0e08255b69abd6c6.pdf 2d08a75825892600e24fcf910588a807 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Trade Unions and Architecture Description An account of the resource Themes included action on asbestos and Health &amp; Safety, and involvement with Direct Labour Organisations and Building Unions. Following comparative research of possible options, NAM encouraged unionisation of building design staffs within the private sector, negotiating the establishment of a dedicated section within TASS. Though recruitment was modest the campaign identified many of the issues around terms of employment and industrial relations that underpin the processes of architectural production. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource TASS News & Journal Subject The topic of the resource TASS Newspaper Description An account of the resource auew NOVEMBER 1977 Winter of discontent? IN THE DEBATE following the Queen's Speech lost month the Prime Minister suggested that Britain faces a “winter of discon- tent’’. The Government, he said, were not seeking a confrontation but they were not going to concede claims to strong groups when others with lesser strength had agreed to more modest settlements. What the Prime Minister did not ask himself is why the discontent. The real issue is not whether sacrifices should be shared “fairly” between different groups of workers but whether effective measures are being taken to make more sacrifices unnecessary. The central criticism of the Government's policy is that though Ministers bemoan the lack of expansion and the continued high level of unemployment the Government takes no effective steps todealwiththeproblem.Itcontents itselfwithappealstoindustrialists MANAGEMENTstaffintheBristolManagementStaff. 100membersofthenewly-lookingnotunhopefullyforis for voluntary co-operation, and to a Bristol area are increasing! At Westland Engineers formed Ford Motor Company & pote: “ro seriesofcosmeticmeasureson turningtoTASS. ey(Wessexbranch)TASShasabranchatBrentwoodheardroteLOOeecithe employment which, though useful in themselves, are not fundamental. The success of the appeal to em- e ers to put money back into their In the last three months 100 per cent membershi, TASS General Secretary, Ken In true TASS styl th Divisional organiser Fred agreement and 40 | Gill, outline exactly why soy ng combined the.fo al Ticohurst has signed management staff have |TM2y staff employees up to presentation by the General agreements with employers already joined, he most senior fevels were Secretary of the role of thy FE tS Lvinegetlsteriee ZARA) ath Weatland||noTM soning TASS, mcicnen litt mawewatetarean emeian eine ne tiritian jHelicolsatacs Ligeti ate) Kon fold the ccclinc that andrelsxed socal sieetion usiness Can be measured by the fact that investment is falling. Aircraft ration” Lid. Super-Mare branch) TASS | R6 WaW now wpuncling tla Oi) Mawiteare af thes persed Filton, Westland Engineers negotiates foral senior staf, {every week welcoming into Divistonaf Count ware Ltd.andWestlandincludingmanagers. theuniongroupsofemployeessent.AlsoattendingwerePat Wage restraint is no answer. We shall not recover until there is a Government which is prepared to assert the priority of public interest over private profit. The British economy is sluggish and unemploy- ment is high because the tycoons of industry, who are to a man strong supporters of incomes policy, are not prepared to invest sufficient new resources. There is only one way out; demand must be stimulated by increasing purchasing power and public funds must be used to get the wheels of industry turning again. Cuts in the social services, housing and educa- tion are counter-productive. They only make matters worse. The apparent improvement in our financial situation, the flow of foreign currency to Britain and the higher exchange rate of sterling, do not represent economic recovery. The real indices of economic strength have barely moved. Production is not increasing and unemployment is not really falling. The excitement in the City underlines only that financial speculation has little to do with the real world of production and em- ployment. When trade unionists struggle against unnecessary sacrifices they are not being selfish; they are helping to focus attention on the need for changes in policy. , Lyons, last year's TASS WEST COUNTRY DIVISION SETS A FAST PACE new Ford branch ON 28 SEPTEMBER over Harold Hill What TASS is Helicopters Ltd. Al this augers well for|who a few years ago would At BAC Filton, TASS now TASS's future role in the |have looked askance at the resident, representatives covers 200 management staff. important aerospace in- very idea of actually joining a rom the Ford Branches at They are members of the dustry. “Thanks for your help” |fective The new branch, starting Watson and Ken Mortim IT WAS IN April this year agreea unaer pressure to pay that TNJ carried a report of him two months wages and situat shipbuilding is @ publicly owned industry, State inter vention is both inevitable and necessary for the survival of the industry. Competition from such countries as Japan, Korea and Taiwan is having o serious effect on British yards. In any cas they argued, a me State intervention in France, TASS's approach to the “winter of discontent” is very different from that of the Government or Mrs. Thatcher. TASS is very firmly on the side of expansion, full em- ployment, increased purchasing those victimised. A member This year’s Trades Union BILL NIVEN, TASS Netherlands and Belgium. power for employees and im- of the joint staff committee at Congress saw the sequel to National Industrial Officer It is now likely that the the successful stand taken by that the case should go to an TASS members against the industrial tribunal. He won victimisation of active trade the tribunal, with an order for unionists. reinstatement and £1,500 Myles Ashcroft was one of compensation. rovements in the social services. Walmsleys, Bury — an this affair when Myles for shipbuilding, represented Commission will be issuing a hat is the meaning of the American dominated r nted to General British shipbuilding unions at directive which will include “alternative policies” for which TASS was pressing at this year's TUC and Labour Party conference. But this means that there must be a readiness to remove the brakes from Britain's ailing system, The Govern- ment should confront the em- ployers, not the workpeople. multinational — he was etary Ken Gill a cheque the creation of a substantial Common Market intervention fund. sorted out for redundancy by for £260 — a donation by the firm. Myles from his tribunal The members were not award to the union for the prepared to sce Myles vic- support he received from TASS is using every poss ible opportunity to reduce the ap wing level of more than a timised. He turned up for o ASS.S. work every day for two On the left of the picture is million and a half unemployed in Britain. months and the union paidhis President Bob Mansfield, wages. Eventually the firm Myles Ashcroft and Ken Gill. First branch council Brentwood branch. recognising the need for ef- negotiating Motor Industry and Tony Foley, the Divisional Organ iser for No. 23 Division. John organisation! life with about 250 me mt i will be located in lhssex, close to th adquarters of the Europe Yentral Staff. It will |also cater for Ford staff at Brentwood House and at the Technical Training Institute Ford Industrial Managers, were guests. F nfield, Relatio present as news & journal Flying start at DC Dele and Engineering serious crisis shipbuild: sm fro European repre: State intervention in British shipbuilding industry The British representatives able to convince the hat with pecial in Britain, where important meeting of the new Ford National meeting for managers TASS IS TO HOLD its first national managers’ meeting next month The meeting will have advisory powers .with representatives drawn from different sectors of engineer and shi building The TASS managers will come from Brit f Shipbuilding, British Acrospace, the car industry, heav: alae trical equipment, electronics and computers. The date and persiapetherece willbeadvertisedlater ; he Executive Committee decision to hold t t nationallevelmeetingfollowstheincreaseintheTene management staff into TASS membership in recent months The TASS annual conference has already taken a decision that where there are sufficiently large units ofmanagement staff they should have separate plant negotiating ‘arran =| ments, separate branches and separate representation u | peo pavedine foc hcoming meeting, however, isanational meyiysiosroyrymmeeetipngeelsfollowing&ththeestabliEshment of:anum:berof| trade union. A sure sign that Dagenham and Dunton, along employees in industry were ith John Tuchfeld, N onal Industrial Organiser for the a top level meeting in Brussels in October. Bill was one of three representatives, with Gavin Laird of the AUEW Engineering Section and Jim McFall of the Boilermakers’ Society, from the Confederation of Ship- Page Two ‘whole way? Page Three members on my books, vhy don'tyougoth ex- work? make people doubt the nd tured it down tho} ili is phathe wa! validity.0)tour reine thejournalism.After a themanreferredtoandthe Moderate,Iwould suges now working for a firm members at Annan that fered the personnel job and was apparently inand out election. Jook fox alternative are not anded!power to workinige NEC of yur Party to the debate on the of the House of Lords. Jack Secretary of the Trans- Retire early C? Women's 60 with provision to work on to 65 if they are fit enough. This would go a long way to solving the problem» of the young unemployed. Perhaps the young are reluctant to suggest this for fear of hypnotic ation wages.” Ward fix on Peter Mighttojoinaunion’ and many otherarticmliestakweh,icI statement was inaccurate. that he takes an active inparticulartheparagraph alsomadethis If that is the case rt in union affairs by apologise unreservedly. attending branch he statement was meetings, because itwould trivial mistake really these meetings. sufficient to induce some Mr. Steel might find, as I members to believe the did many years ago, that Ward whogot to the rostrum and hi at the “hysterical and hypnotic fix onwage rest Govern the Party should, instead, he accept that I'am wrong. If, however, the facts tissue of : i also falenvic those the rea could fending from ex: rience Ican assure you THE 1977] uncharact4 according the smell q There may ful thinking of our na question sf of Labour demand of for an ear have wand riseinLal thiswouldnotbethecase. For 12 years I looked pension, Arthritis, angina, Fheumatism and pure exhaustion have al taken theirtol.Sotheyouthof thiscountryshouldnotbe reluctant in putting for- wardthis12thpoint al is said and done, wil always be decided by our women folk. 8 2 § 3 28 3 3 $s z |after the long association in department and had 160 D. WINTERBOTTOM. § a (TASS card holders obviously) rapceloapgle toinpes tahndought btohtehreacwteirve amnadnyretwihoreadnid clus aerviews with famous including Clusivesad.Sellitthroughouttheprice,ountgroyt,theunion naontdmliavneytowhsoeerwerteirenomtentfit JOHN€.NAYLOE INOTE fromtheOctober WH. Smiths, at on inflated subscription free finances Tiwi and introduce a union. TASS d conferencq voices. Labour nq BRUCE THOMPSON Widows have told me Attend Conference, amotion dacre, seconded c carry on NJ that one of our enough to delegates at the T.U.C working. Dilys Har- auit they wished their calingforacampaignto husbands (between 60 and opularisebreast,feeding. Party in members affiliation Labour 65) could have retired and fived a year or two I'm referring par ticularly to those on the “elock", with no company Jerour union so bereft of ideas for the advancement < a = 5 2 oi i branch ,was offered the Be?1 ifthisunion|oitnhceirdencTerotstkhyaitstSWePlemenatnsd were present when the police were being bom- ded with bricks, bottles Mrs. Thatcher v. the unions? 5 : Positive heattitudeofTA. NationalEnterpriseHoaSreerweetoe:Tag published ingood faith. appear that everything he Ts such a relatively aeaikes in TASS begins in attention on nsof the City ¥ were that statement is wrong The chief inspector was oferedajobbyGeorge andno Grunwick inthenational takingpartinunionafairs|UnDER thebennerthoefhsauvchepropainda.‘Those Ward who at the time stated are correct press? Sa cig intereat “The People v onthemass lies about chiefinspectorisinthe »Margaretwhosolrelyely stated that the trouble was employ of George Ward, Even on George : z Unions’, forward, media are kidding them: all but over, when in fact it Thompson's version there My advice to Mr. Steel| Thatcher marches if they think they was escalating. The chief would appreciate your were grount for and the many others, go| confident she wil gather selvesgetting a balanced inspector subsequently comments in the next TNJ believing the story about along to your branch | behind her sufficient are in refusing to turnedthejobdownandisto prove to the TASS theinspector:hewasof- metings andgetthings|supportandwinthenext view,and sources xtension of thepublic sector tantial improvements in living stan- dards, and a general i transfer of wealth House of Lords rester replied for cha oftheplantafthelreftthe | ofinformation they Shemayberight. _their force. If there are members nce when he pointed out th: with any doubts about Grunwicktheyshouldread the reportoftheCourtof office workers our interests that ‘, ofmembers’ interests (Ear| fetoftheNational Front aims? Was it therefore ye co H.SMITH| Resources for NEB Hugh Stanlon, AUEW President, fe had SP€UN*tcher,being the only shirkeispnognsibilities shrewed. calculating, democratic to create a professional politician she but helping Fe“nows ful well that the situation wherebyofthtihse port and G al Workers’ Union, r ved a roar of approval fr the con- TASS News & Journal November 1977 Page Three Party innot Peete wie con: end with; the | MOTG.imposuile.to get engingering ap ry and childcare fac called for the National Ent prise Board quarters of the memwibtehrsanocfestoh “Post Laho itscountry(alreadyone resourcesto“providethewerehereditary, out? ur (| ass media with inEuroy should to be given the cattle thieves, robbers have same right to strike as Continualstreamofanti-mostbackward nayintothedisputeOVERtheyearsmany|unionpropaganda,haseconomically,politicsaololyn sinoefwgrsowt irprostitutes oe “TbelievethetradeunionmovementproLsatbiotutrMPDennisSkinnalsowonothers.”/anBenson. headed by Lord Justice treated) among many: and socialy) may Scarman. Geor, Ward peoapsenltimentofanti-haveanevenmorerbeanct: has refused to implement Enionism. This is par- tionary government the their recommendations. ticularly true of many on further reducing the = a > has delivered the goods and when the acclaim when he referred tc ve Lords as lation more effectively now ‘Maybe we should set up a Chancellorcomestotheplatformhedoes t's why the strik vidnustcomeabout. "| housewives whose un- standard of living in proximately 80 TASS George Ward, the drags on. derstanding of industrial interestofbigbusinessand members who doubt other Grunwick bos, can say for Is it contested that the Our own increasing relations and economics is rofit. valid points made because sure. The statement was Grunwi ikers have of this particular certainly widely reported been out for over a curacyinthearticle.This‘andhasneverbeenrefuted.fortherighttojoina| doesnothingbutharmthe 1doacceptthatifthe determined solely by the ‘The trade unions will propaganda they are continue to represent the record of TASS reporting brother-inlaw of a TASS union? That's the real similar proportion to subjectedtoonthepress, realinterestsofworking radioandtelevision.Itispeople.Therealinterests just such people, who have of the Tory party, however, and mistakes like these member was a chief in- point, isn't it? national division © political preference. n mislead into believing lie with a minority who are that increased prices are determined to maintain the due to wage demands, that state of gross social in- ference between an M.P. (which by the way is stil principles in struggles like ‘at present could disappear uni andonewhoispoliticaly there) and find oaut fnreom Grunwick, which motivated. those who have been epitomises how the Is Mr. Mills qualified to manning the picket lines profiteering sector of our commentonpollesactivity foroverayear. society exploits the and thepoliticalwrangli that would ensue cou! at Grunwick? How many My qualifications { working classes. times ichka?s been to thethsese fewfewwords areSthathatTI I am proud to belong to eventual break-up into eu Dept. TASS. Tal: 01-741 1278. Open Mon.-Sat. i have been toGrunwick on the trade union movement separate entities Would be accept the four occasions and have Mr. Mills, and you do not must not allow to happen. at \y sy We accept Barclaycard, Access and Eurocard scenes presented on the sen some of the activities reflect my opinions. television screen as being of the police force, not J.P.GOUGH W. H. BENNETTS. jing, andinmyexperience stepsarenottakeninthis the mass trade union direction then in a few movement finds its years the harmony enjoyed This is bound to become more evident as the policy Mrs. Thatcher hopes will justice that exists not only of the closed shop begins to be attracted to her anti- in Britain but throughout shown on the television. 1 sever our union links with am a trade unionist of the one political party. thirty-seven years stan- Itcouldbearguedthatif bite. Therefore surely the unionpolitics. the capitalist world. E.SHEPHERD perfect goods. —Showroom and time will come for us to Many trade unionists BUYING JEWELLERY? DON'T PAY UP TO 60% more! By dealing direct. TASS Members can obtain CRAFTSMANSHIP plus BEST DISCOUNTS! the jewelery ycuhave al,writoofphon forour Contact: IMETRACO 250,KINGSTREET.LONDON,W.6. called) Left to Right and “Hysterical and What's going on with TNJ?/| Grunwick; TASS News & Journal November 1977 Gelegates at such con:|oan tar sitirw! ? ferences,Putting aun al;|; Fictioncansomatimebse INREPLY to'P.F/Stel’|End not be tavolved, in|strangenthantoe nd speakin ‘| minor trivia which, when 3.PARFETT: BYOU HAVE YOUR SAY _Ltake ithis ynegotiations! election with 1 soaring prices e can get one heway to orthe local Co-op.” Her takenands alotofapplause. WHAT ONearthishappeningtoTNJ?Inthelatest WH October,wehaveonpage eightahalfpageof Caricons and on page nine almost as much record views. Feviews. if|misunderstoodbutIalwaysthought Te yaohehousemagazinefortheunion.Onewould not expect to find union matters ip the “Weekend iy¥ al my mind we should not bo subjected to the Vice-versa, Wealrealisethe‘unionisnotstuffy,Many sodtimesarehadonunionay swhichcould}} Borke amusing and enjoyablrea Why not use the space eTocated to the above to explain the basics? Tes surprising how many people do not, have even this understanding. Interview some of the real thisacters in the union; there are quite a few abouts but please with al the recruitment potential, the the successes (and failures) do not give 1 WOULD LIKE to cominent on the 1 point the Minister by eal th portion “B" which should be detached and sent tect to TASS Wews and donreel, portion "A" Es How To Order CORRESPONDING MEMBERS and others when id for reference. Orders should be sed to Technical Publications, TASS, saved by orders being a eofice CM, er Date pace provided on Names ofMembers Ordering inbers in their ofice. The LABEL BEL Utle Green, Richmond, Surey. A.Order Form ready for dist Nameof CM. being ret the facts that matter inen states; “Inded the suspect that TASS ac: Chief inspector from ceptedthissmalpointat Willesden lice station face value. Yasbeentakenonasthe Iftherewasanother firm'spersonnelmanager” chief,inspectoart Ihave veto inform nveyou that WeiAllnesdenI. doublti,ce tshteantion1 alternative economic strategy which —prenticeships. TASS supported at this year's Trades — Helen Cowan underlined the vital pa combatianemeetol Union Congress Wages which day nurseries play in the struggle Onwages itwasTASSdele for equa Maternity and equal opportunitie: leaveand the r neo awoman jobwereoflitle Called Express Dairies. I you made a genuine know this because the ex- mistake. chief inspector is the brother-inlaw of one ofour © GEORGE THOMPSON members. Probably every trade Editor's note: I have tried nist country to check whether or not with the there is an ex chief in- ‘at Grun- spector on the Grunwick the endurance of payroll, as has APEX, the the people concerned in union involved in the fightingforbasicrights. strike,butitisnotpossible But we have ap- to prove or disprove. Only WHAT qualifications has or not being politicaly Mr. Mills (TNJ September) motivated, or is he so to pas judgement on the addicted ‘to that same inteligenceofthemajority screenthathecannotthink ofTASS members? Surely for himself, or take the he must know the dif- time togo to Grunwicl: women’sfactoryforproducingsotopickupthetabandgetreflation“Mrs.Thatcher'sbovverboinyersmineaiag0.hatwjecannnontotam sorthe Co-op.” 4 we aus John Forrester expressed the support “dete: e to. enc declare babies — Tesco’s or the Co-op.” goin i "Pfccolectivebargaining,"he meanswhatitsays said, oftheNECfortheabolitofitohen House determing toniend ganas cece ofLords.TheLordswereimpedinglegis- buildingNationalisationBilha - thousands ofjobs injeopardy TheLordshatodgo. Photographs by The otion was carried by a massive majority of6,248,000to 91,000. The fight to win the Labour m e! forradical policies isnot b yes Andrew Wiard, | ‘TASS certfinly can't becriticised for no Report. trying. Wedidn’t win ‘emall but our gation to the 1977 abour Party conf ence made a S| contributiotno the stru, id reasoned And Grunwick again —a» ‘What we cannot amend we must determine to end.” John Forrester. Page Four id Kitson: His 4th Xmas in jail TASS News & Journal November 1977 tfActneetcl ‘Itwas ically — the full story which remained open, My arrest does not mean that the griev- ances of the overwhelm- Faced with this pressure the company agred the NOVEMBER 197 andpolitiealtheory.When meto,reconcilethe <cOUNEIY.VltferentActiiNow:44)_(gs0)=)volcinghambasose Engineering Section (bearded) John Hardcastle. the backstreets of Bir- when they countered the 0 th memberswhohad’sup@Almembersofboth mentsandflHexbibtitlyity|TMheinemhoavme,dFonromtopsaelrlaftihnecploamnpsany'swithredudentdainlceyd TASSisvieweedbeythe marked the completion of he left Oxford he worked oppression ofintheSounotnh: EprpopcleidsuarleospachioeevelUD)Beceg Spueptparessi“soenction aol3(aiKb), F(si haIvdeo dnonteseehowot,herwLisceonld poTrhtiesdtohfefmer was put toa tpahcekiondaisMpeuitievolvetod bet ETnregninesearnidng Section soon Be burned igen ptppoeale for replacing com as the most joint meeting of both reimbursed for the n began to make a some ofLucas’s current cre ible and. auth: andwas periodthedispute Thesolidarityshownbhandsomeprofitonaproducts—suchasoritativeunion|to ear jail for the British Oxygen Co. Europeans GSmemberLtd.Davemethisfuture CN e ea Fenteneeom, Hieisim. wife,alsoaSouthAfrican philosphicaloutlookof_, On2Juno 1964hewas PrsoinnPretodria,South citizen.andtheymarrieidn WthiechWestwernwhcitveislisatpiuorn- eeyta3alndnaecde ne 5 5 This Christmas Sections military represent staf. Our : unanimouslyrejected sted. theTASSmemberswasal,|newunsetcyclelamps fomponents,for members have 2 derers 1956, As he said in his 7 esi a ‘ aircraft and missiles — megtingsthey"wenotr,deietlyRates wzpouatelnooeelleaaiuciamicotesaain and“rapists,‘polities!statementfromthedock:| portto,defend.Clearly expiredbevasdelaegwitfte b the situation was afurther90 days.His i itnseifiedpaindckot|ingwasafitne-r @AllafutAuUreEWIEcement employed by the firm.| theirempwiasrfeoun useful alternatives: negotitaitaiting one of{ththe prisoners do not receive nIgot married, against missioninSoutshouthAcfricas abiagsaer cityydsmatdhaen Cchornistrianr’ytradtiotionthein tNhoermaconpdriotieosntsedof his ((S@7Q : ‘D.K.ITSO! SowCort [frre the companyaj to the an JEng. August 1919, the son of devotion to ideals. which 1 had been detention (as did his two returntow: Sectiontobeheldona officeattatcohthefdirm, So hie ‘worked asa ‘ociety which can dustry.GcTcwaosgsyaearsancagsod, nema.SESaias‘TheiractionhascementedofficereftoreLucahsisProducetaoslevelandofclosureofitsin- eine@tmmediat oo oe aes Employees ball-screwfac: SouthAfricanandScot-—Howev: reared..." children),andwasherself . sblab, pataerornts.. He increasingly ‘tiene for _TTheKitsons returned to Lko“pmtentfinorsfoluirtarwyeekcso.nfiSnhei- I.D. KITSON PRETORIA LOC.“AL JAIL S. AFRiICA . sa statement of the two wBithioutelSecotiosnofsmpeamyb.ers negotiations the company farrywahism.ecirfi'cah Dsuilmlpdl,e. caCrobnenceordeher|tbiuatyaaBuesetrealaA. icnocmrmeasnecse/bonusonsaplayr»y Faemfallegcatmsatiofne.spiritRoe menaonughtobuild Beee tar wotect the’. were atteaceeeeeree fashionableErofSMilgagepensPioners{rwsha}(uste\d)awoewroKrkfiorcewhhich VillersGroatHighSchoo! was releasedinatJohan- beforegoingonto.gains1AlettertoYOUfromtheVice-President}etburshospital.David f engineering. «at = was kept in solitary con- aah College ine the ONCE AGAIN Christmas is nearly upon us after a] finement throughout under year filed with activity a law conNadteimonesd absy_ tihn:e PRETORIA, Mcaaey al special bow niversityof Natal. After several y i andemployersaslongago|WS constructed inthe hypo!theremoins ZTotecte dedvereloaped aeebael a as1965) > bavina tacit ofaithatiinaln rte oy circular motio ras r not declared the In contrast this will be the 14th Christmas Dave] United KitsonhasspentinjailinSouthAfrica.Sentencedto] humane. Hewasallowed : S$owsS$ee Thefi; staircase.fromwhich(oaCeomebinedShopcircularmotiontolinear The first objection the | toring. services were SteBYwatrhdes’ mmittee, motion) and for many management raised was | conducted. for years nel a virtual Valley ie atannual {Government toreleare Dave ’ : a NJMclatosh Matson FH 8WeAstgateULWTSAtSrSeet etlwonitheright should|forthevehicleindustry‘pouncedthatLucas © eae naar won DATA hanks for your support AUEAV-TASS for ton AUEN TASS uandesrhortSecrheduwloerkin1gofwetehkeofhaddiftfoiculftighbtattleforTAStShe ahlalvetahrebeasicgrwaodreksing week x j Would invest a further twenty years for the part he played in the liberation athehasnowcompletedthirteenslow | the 1965 Vastrange Suns east The pifcture looks a systemZSsfor caoeaches, and over theworld Peli as Engineering Ltd. — sacked two Engineering Section As a result, 80 icaisatacyinoteO'S) (Divisionalofficeaddresses “I wishshtoto mak a personal appeal to al who have} atTemperedSpring i 2 2 1by 7 leveloping solar heating. totally isolated from family and e 0 om the cause {c ich he has yrere too lowly tobe proy Mestone ise Company.andbecamefofnewmemberswhoarejoiningus,toser—otetTechanges quite active in his union |Christmas card toDaveandto sign — and getie DATA (now TASS). He|tosig—nthepetitionwearelaunching callingupon| USOET representedtheoldLea JourGovernmenttoprevailupontheSouthAfrican STE an tee rate|supportedusinthepast,andthosetensofthousands wasno vil?Whenit savesthe |Luct®hasgrown tarto announceda£35milion bJeanuabarcykda1tset,d!197t7o:2bWehfoernethjiustiyfeiacratiaondforthereaplyingitcompanymorsavesthe|largetoretaintheol scholarship at Ruskin |hEs STARS, Vice-President: chairman of the TASS| StAlJames House aya ugEhSaTnER endleton Way 0633 OUCESTER wise m0 aswell £100millofiwhoicnh,£80 E‘Amctp,lotyhemy,entwa: ProtCeicstsieon ‘gTeampered Sprinegn suepAer Sofee40 hours. Round one to a ciesel jfatipment. College, Oxford,where he |KitsonCommittee. studied mics, history dated to November Sth, working a 46-hour basic Seay totheinddatrial had to be revived with cold testimony, given after water drenchings. He Saal sentencehas been passed: management staff) refused to cross the picket lines and indicated to the management that the would not return to wor! until the two Eng. Section panes had been rein- the South African Govern: ment for tcxtaresalleging fo and for LUCAS, ONE of the gest and|most profitable British-based ‘iods long,Pere odenya effective opposition multinationals, with employees and nual distributable profits worth £30,000 following day tDoreinstate Centre: John Grey, Eng. Sect. Convener with milion,hasaclasicrags- Ihave always tried to hold dear those ideals to which I know TASS aspires. This "attitude has been buttressed by the day-to- . found David and four Reeeceea 1 went others guilty of offences through as an active Section 21 (i) of Act member in England, It ‘Saboh!otage, is just that in this Section 11(a), (i),(xi) of my participation in served tthe tekas and ontheogiat Seer ° National High Gommandottimkontonter formor leaders were arrested at Rivonia, that he possessed a, firearm iMogalacand ilegal ratan Dave, pleaded not wuilty to al charges but fas never denied mem bership of Umkonto, He TASS MEMBERS at a Wolverhampton firm oined with their Engineering Section colleaguesiindefeating the company’s attempt to victimise two trade was sentenced to twenty fives becbslor, ogress iby, correspondencecourse(one is not allowed to take higher degrees in prison in South Africa), passiny ail with distinction. TAS: offered to pay!hia fare twee to Englandai unionists, The firm — Leystall F700 Headlamp produc: tion line at the Lucas Electri factory, Cannock, Stafflordshire. family. I felt that IT no reading or writing as fellow Ate eRuskin should join at least in materials nor a lawyer. He College ifheisreleased. theattempt,todirectwasinterrogatednon-sto)Intheend,‘Pman's company.BGusesthe josition in SPRictive: and”disci: Sined. manner so as to try and avert danger to life or outbursts of racialistic terror... In a letter to his he wrote: for36hoursduringwhic! motivescanperhapsbest time hecollapsed twice and be judged by his. sworn I joined Umkonto because there were no lawful methods of twenty- members including five Whites alike have been met. It only means that ther refused to pay the one 1870, Joseph Lucas made Lucas Aerospace made a id whi ‘é im a car 2 is something most advan followingnals‘basisfora Section and TASS israwewroringInia. pataleiaspoofDaler seriouslywrongabouts schemes in.Brittsh Engineering Sectio; members withdrew their labour on October 6th and began picketing the TASS two men. However ES members on his right. On left: TASS toriches history. Back in hundro membersFredMaloney,AnneVillersandalivingselingparaffininmarkforthemselves eee fASS a thatGrade1supervisors 4 eae proyporal monopoly,withIa Co vered GAN ASchedule Lilaward force before January ist Seeement. (When is a| iteledifferent today since MMI verte company fi Seanann WhenJfamily-firmimage.It¢xPsancnProgramm[eor supervisors. ‘atthe irene retcepectively spans five main areas of Thats month ago the perapringCompan: : Cteyrenttothe 10 ‘Thiswasjustoneround Goniteitdeamedthet Production,supplying & ChairmanBernardScot scat ta AUEW solidarity ;coMpANY Proriem stops sackings as As they were then. Mandy was 18 months old when David last saw her. TASS News & Journal November 1977 ; 4 Lucas rose from rags toriches Mandy and Stephen with Norma Kitson (centre) oneseaeutyonB Johannesburg. He|un-3 dextookcrialspostgraduate Pee University” oma atthe nets Shia DIVISIONS Been nL ‘JJones, RUBIA intheirclaim.Butthethanthemaximumagreed eteitding responseto_mountingz einagementarguedthatatavnationallevelbetween_‘ThencameRoundTwo. |bydraulicsystemsforofcriticismthatLucaswas Sel 1 was not in engineering staff unions pel company pened to aa UK mate ress in ¢xporting too much odson Bull waters”Bt Meer Republic which no person ots CARPETS:FURNITURE:a tndertadingcmaidat|OMSSted ie Lh rac aul ’ —capanaeskaepea [pasive|methodsof IntheBarbicanFurishingCentwenewstoe caures,onWM|resistance, but in this 212136 EMIGNSEEE Australia engineering resources in TASS record theUikbitofskiland Five thousand Lucas knowledge in highly can Oe iertave »widerongoef | incide unarmed sexe eraacesheI|protestorswereshotdown ec AUEWTASS"—PaTichurt Hipmer onlywhenTASSmembers|Pallstan,SouthAt wl 103 akistan, Sou! ria, employees belong to specialised fields|of pet: min addition Bristol c re policemarksmen.Dave ‘urnival Gal SHEFFIELDSI3HE vd zeri. LEWpean kCredittactities ASUSKFIRST-wetGelveratARSESREESTI S —am fercarpersthroughoutthecounty, Creefaceseve Soil eooANAE aaeoe DEcEcipaicnimeradie ee eRhetaalioetond +Over40topbrands Pesbisens meu a maAnosepuvere thleastaditch hasgrownbyafurther12 generally much lower de ret Recruitment of than in ighly Lucas Senior staf at lucrative bread and cavity management fovel has buter Linesof vehicle oe alongsideethe Africans one _AUEWp-nlTeyA)SS ee tieatet ment suggested oe semains s |cAlpine! dts ave's poli ‘ sLASGOWG2: uD. cmesuratage| COVEN di Staffords SASL |icesnanprincipal "Whempsny’s growth Profits previous law, the "Terms bubsidiaries ‘in six is based largely on “pucas represents & Sharprvle, the African Pet ont Genki ald ‘0532 450190 (ans 2315 TaAVEWTASS IPSWICH IP42LE Furnishers 6-STAR SERVICE Pel ployment Act, there was horeasonwhytheaward So eeeanie pr Ee eee Tt Tend A Osa22288) ofBenson Carr BUSHESaHD “Watford49044 1Nationwide delivery (UKmaura threatened industrial|Rhodesia,Panama Lastditch tensiffed investment pinemonths of197, it specialised sectors is Showed that another white had chosen the side of humanity, AScot seeRanose DAGENHAM RM107RA 01593 4892 ; aeP ey - visorspeers por(entied tIra an increase under Phase pia ion pretused ally cept ndent on the U. een particularly suc- nn cbicleindusfotrrwhyich cessful. Since Lucas Diese!|field,”saysJobn joined Umkonto We zwo, the Spear of the i ; sa EW-TAS 57 Above Bar SOUTHANETON SOLODZ. : it supplies electrical Services was for PS Ott components andees es ago our = responsibleforTeese vationgalterd thearasrl * 703 LBrookelD Perkins! ‘ook rt ofmeetingsledto a isfactory agreement, ‘hange inthe scene bership in visio A grtsk Leyland is has mus mse fr t oth zero to 500. Lucas ir sponsi only real ecurty actsthoefrehatSreore,inerpepseplolnisneg to the government stand.Iabaryfamily could just e antiaveteneerene violenceasanyother AUEWa-nTASS Onslow Hall A‘UOnEsWlo-wTAHaSlSl ; 5 eivisntgentiamlemrbisers,s further fboxutntidnes torot afDficas.pace,s avnicdesserlvinikcse oalultlethse wrhetariel ic and-with it the 0 SALFORD M6SJA (061-7376051 oo 1976, when they first put t'ssix hours more Round Two equipmAe TRARCIETS poxTyeRtD eeOTeTerrTaT weretakingplaceinthebieaWSales__AUEW+ASSGazz Leadingbrand-satlowprices!DivisionalOrganiserley,HemelHemp-weredivertingoo‘largea\toryigatillGrong AUEN-TASS Dale Buildings 406311 Rodney Tucker wrote to stead, London and Med- viume of safes and jobs e se ree! Cer SOVE way. roma} : the CAC arguing thatsince y LittleGreen LittleGreen RICHMOND RICHMOND TW91QN, aWaIQN incursion into aerospace, Now,aeis‘reeritingpeanin1947tomeasinwaxealendlconditioasaiartesekto[toesvepoet Ce) 01-848 i i lenty of new mbers u war min in a Pe eneamt at (hotPserebusines,hasparedwiththerestofthescopieinheinctsty.") | aan RNina iead vn TemperedSpring a Pai = he i t — a Ree so7e[Bimingtam,iverpo.G gatSupeiaiesfocouapdthefa “Conditions of Em- |European countries and technicalinovation. ,,,pUCS ,TWPIPEnIy of - eee ails)are actiondid company |Pisico.inthelastthre SPY4Percercentinthreatened because agree topayup. years Lucas has in- 1976 Already, inthefirst profitability in these S, Me mbers i LaetoRRaleyAr trot r hip mecha and s i \ ee e e ee senae Page Six Nursing Officer Joan Fairley administers eye drops. training had been »longer than theirs Britafn and the numbers are growing all the time. —&v The medica Company don't nee organisation. They've Why did they join us: that the TASS organisati white collar unions in the claim that they've ac bers. The company a ; negotiate for the medi ory They are involved not only in curing the injured and sick but in preventive measures to. They are consultedonthesafetyofnew plant,productionpro- cesses and noise They help outside agencies tun clinics for breast cancer screening and blood donations, and they give every new employee & complete medical examination. ‘The clinics are visited by approximately nin patients in an avera, geday shift. As Narain Officer John Fairley says, their job is to look after the health of Ford workers as well as to give medical treatment. “If there's something that's bothering them and they wanttotalkaboutit,welisten—whether an Therenee ofmedicalstaffforthehealth~ emotional problem, a worry about a sick relative, or and well-being of Ford employees puts them something they might normally tell their own G.P. If special position when itcomes to collective barga members they could endanger the safety of produc- tion workers not immediately involved in the dispute. So the TASS local committee has reached an agree- ment with shop floor unions at Halewood that medi- cal staff will not as a rule take part in any walkout This makes them no less committed as trade it’sinourpowertohelp,wedo.Ifnot,wetrytorefer ing.If,inthecourseofanindustrialdispute,they them to someone who can help. We do a lot of work — were to withdraw their labour along with other TASS counselling and educating.” With the pressure on local G.P.s a lot more general medical problems have come the way of the Halewood team. ‘Occupational health is a sadly neglected area.” says Senior Nursing Officer Reg Mitchell. “After all, we look after people forone-third of their lives.” TASS was especially pleased when, two years ago, the Halewood medical team applied to join unionists. Reg Mitchell, who represents the medical the union. As is so often the case, their main reason team on the TASS negotiating committee, says for joining was that they wanted better pay and “We'reheretohelppeople.Andthat’swhatatrade eS Nursing Officer Mike Howard opens a sterile packa ge for the Doctor to apply a local anaesthetic to the patient's eye, before stitching it. realised union membership was the only effective way unionis The two go along together.” of getting it John Tuchfeld, the TASS national official Themedicalteamhadbeenpaidaccordingtothe responsibleforFords,summed itup.“TASS isnow Royal C ses recommended scale which the biggest white collar union in Fords ‘fe have jing system for Ford about 4,000 members in technical, professional and They were paid than other technical managerial occupations at Ford plants throughout Physiotherapist Frank Tobin: production workers’ back troubles provide most of his work. es Ted Hanson, Ni sheets to individual treatment cards. igOfficer, TASS News & Journal November 1977 Page Seven Photograph Report. Nursing Officer Joan Fairley with the Medical Section’s electrically-powered stretcher trolley, for bringing sickor injured workers in from the production floor. Nurse Fairley is one of seven women in the Medical Section. They are the only female TASS members at Halewood. iaaata aeahalataielaleHieI * Right: Don Daunt, Senior TASS Rep- resentative at Hale- wood, was_ instru- mental in recruiting the medicalteam. _ Far right: Bill Cromey. Secretary of the TASS Office Committee. ee oh Members of the TASS negotiating committee. Left to right: Steve WidSnecetsi,onE.ric h Reg Mitchell from the Medical THEY'R E AL IN TASS! |staff at the Halewood plant of the Ford Motor d to be told the benefits of trade union already learned that lesson. s? They shopped around and found on was the most effective of all the plant. The TASS office committee hieved up-grading for all TASS mem- tfirst refused to recognise TASS's right to cal team but persistence won and our new members were off toa flyingstart. ‘TobeanursingofficeratFords,younormallyned a font four. "0" Levels, three years’ hospitaltbescs training, the SRN examination and up to 12 months’ experience as a q ualified hospital nurse. At onetime they had received better pay than nursing staff in the National Health Service but that differential had beenerodedinrecent years. When TASS began to negotiate on their behalf, the company introduced — with union approval — a joh evaluation study. As a result it conceded that the vujical staf should be integrated into the general company grading system and paid the same rates as other technical staff with equivalent training and experience. This brought them substantial pay rises — up to £900 a year. They had to wait until after Phase 2 to get the extra money and only now are the reapingthebenofethfeits agreement. y ‘The new pay deal covers al nursing st; thioughadt Ronde ofBrltaineathanle taltheslonces ingworkdobnyTeASS membersatHalewood. . Woods, Jim Ayres, Gordon Gillespie, wit WHEN 11,000 people are busy producing more than 1,000 vehicles a day there are bound to be accidents and other health hazards. At the Ford Halewood plant, where they make Escorts, amedical team ison 24 hours a day. Altogether there are 2 3of them, x doctors, nurses and medical technicians iwork at three clinics in different parts of the Senior Nursing Officer Reg Mitchell at- tends to a cut on thepatient's. chest. Reg represents the Medical Section on the TASS office committee Page Eight Some new facts on race TASS News & Journal November 1977 SPEEROPGLIT Page Nine - Although itisgene Racial Disadvantage in assumed that blac Sho was offered ajob by a large firm of retailers on condition that she was accepted by an insurance Britain, David J. Smith workers suffer Pelican £1.25. they are poorly organised, PEPactuallyfoundthata £1,000 higher proportion IF YOU EVER doubted Asians and West Indians She knew of nothin productofiaoxlnes,steeanrdisunspegnsionuni that black workers in belong to trade unions; 61 | Britain were doing the per cent compared to 47 |employment reco: Our team atDrews Lane, based in Birmingham, coversthe jobsforthelowest perceofnwhtites. would cast doubt on te a She has no way of finding out isinvolved. Applicants, male orfemale,should telephone David Beswick on Stourbridge 5548 (24 hour service) quoting reference number SDL/TJ, orwriteto Leyland Cars PeterCounselLimited, The White House, 8High Street. Guildford, SurreyGU25AJ. Peter Counsel Limited have beenretainedto co-ordinate recruiftormLeynlatnd Cars. feyaarey ae DRAUGHTSMEN/ Se WOMEN Who don’t draw the line at a challenge. a isoofrjotbshewants Clearanddeta night_be Theauthorcalsfor« ofthe depth and bre adth of anything a programme of action to guard against the en discrimination in Tiok because they feared croachment of information thiscountry » of that white members might atherers, This forms the ath proporsle it think that the minorities asis of a new NC white males are in white ore being given special campaign. It includes tie Wert Westndane African sian! cericeh becauseblacks are les wel qualified? A surveyofmenwithdegree- The u shiftworkin|ordertokeep TUG miner, he says, that he Preach socialtem upwithw oom a nisbonaaarne realy,policy. aie left esmines 3 prefice’ rifew TES REP ciieeriniaation treatment”. None of them proposals that no personal w how many of their data bank should be secret; members belonged to that individuals should minority groups. There|have the were virtuallynoful Lime ne taf from He own files; that information given for one done should not be used for level “qualifications shows little or othing to educate another without the in- 79percentofwhites irmenmembersaboutdividual’sknowledgeor consent; and that the law should Poaceliee the in- \ BillMorgan:“YoungpeoplearethelifebloodofBritishIndustry”. BILE MORGAN: vicar of Cabinet, Bil slashed the ees ane He cons Conservative majority nageme! yobs, com: to ofsocialism both here and internationaly. paredwith1percentofgr follows that he believesequally strongly avarietyofactiv’ Rance ea ietl Party Bincks Inthehighereljobs,arguedthattheyhadte bines church duties green2.90059 4-60 which leave him litle whee he left school was should be preaching its spare time. blacksearn20perctles take account of their than whites, In semi umbers’ views and could skiled and unskilled jobs not go too far ahead of used to discrimination. em s ae years, and active a i fervour. jot to Penallte colliery, Ystrad aR ons ‘A member of TASS for ‘on the coal face at the 30Cialist convictions with individuals that is gathered by government al private agencies and stored withou their knowledge or0 consent, it BUSINESS priest wrong, formationand ilfounded ows he comments person's chances ofgetting ‘ajob, ahouseora loa! ‘scase isone anes allegations have been ma a ainst her and no way of challenging them. She now Has ino hopelolgetting the become a millionaire? Well itwasn’t all luck — |worked hard, went to night school, and studied tax “How did | evasion!” Wehaveamultimitlionpoundexpansionplanforthe engaged actors toapply for prejudice: arangeofjobs.TheseGeneralCoun included Asians, West special attention to the Indians,Britonsandproblem“withaviewto services.HeisalsothedidsomesocialworkinGewhattheLabour Greeks. They found that removing causesof friction *the white ne ex features editor on a Birmingham and_ then s been doing in he -launched Labour went to lecture on in jerthy and 01 discrimination, com polic with only 10 per cent Greek deny that the INCCL, 185 Kings Road, London WC1 Cross| candidate for Worcester, asafeToryseat.Despite the fact he was fighting ipaia Walker, a member of the Tory _ The General ‘ouncil has during the last Of the year or two campaigned “You're too soft hearted to be a “Anything exciting happen Merthyr. Pioneer Hardie’s newspaper in “New Keir dustrial sociology at they've been attracting Birmingham Polytechnic. audiences of 300 to 400at After that he read their meetings. theology at Oxford. Why did Bill join and A: more non racialis ‘The Protective Laws: hunter!” INCCL’s Report to the| Equal Opportunities} Commission,” 30p from| while |was away, Darling?” second edition is now on What attracted him to TASS? “That'seasy,”’ he unions purs its way. In 1974, Bill stood as abour Parliamentary the church? He believes replies. “TASS is a that the Christian faithis militant union which essentially socialist and pursues the kind of that Jesus of Nazareth radical policies which I wasaChristianSocialist share, Therewas never He holds very strongly any pines but that What do they know about you?: retention of the protective Privacy:TheInformation| address and car registration number on that the church should be speaking in the language was the union for me. Innovative,wilingtometachallenge? Those are the kind of qualities you'll need to join the award winning Design teams at Lansing Bagnall — Europe's number one fork truck manufacturer. You'll also need 3-4 years’ experiencien adrawing office with 1-2 years in one or more of the following fields: pskied steel fabrications, chassis and structures: vehicle ns and steering systems: mechanisms: vehicle Gatherers by Patricial their national compute “Itpointsoutthatthe Hewitt.£1.25from.the| Doyouremployershave aonlyadvantage National Council for work is that it ‘Scotland.Tebringstapa percent differentialAnda percentsalaryrisefor of adultclerical workers up self-financing productivity technicalstaff. file on you which includes Civil Liberties, 186 Kings| facts and c ments they Meet the challenge. Write with brief career details to: John Hixon, Lansing Bagnall Ltd., Kingsclere Road, Basingstoke, Hants. Road, DOYOUKNOWhowae pariahatetogetadequatewages. Cross cr London} may pass on next time you apply for a job? Do you Printed Circuit much ot! people know ihe booklet gives a Since low-paid Stove’s over there!” Draughtsmen about you? Are you aware that (if you own a car) the police)have"yournam terifying account of the tion about private althemorevulnerableto such pressures ifthe laws were repealed, until they have achieved realequal ve campaigning silikeImproved economicsateUmivers “WOMEN DON’Twant to pay t price for pesualey sferring orstfeatures of men’ |iver ¥ irown, Scots get big rises nowwhat'sinthatfileunhealthy,unsocialhours SRK “That's the fridge, Fred — the gas Lansing Bagnall We do more for you. TT ATCOSTPRICE eae formative_aualysisofthe Weare looking for experienced draughtsmen or women toprepare <circuit diagrams from engineers’ aketches and translate these into printed circuit layouts, taped artworks an supporting drawings.Familiarity withlogic symbology would beansdotinet advantage CandidatesshouldbeeducatedtoONC/FNClevelhavingservedanapprenticeshipor attained similar practical engincering knowledge, A minimum of 6years’ drawing ofice ENGINEERINGDRAUGHTERS Required to work on interesting and varied projects inour Uxbridge/Staines offices and also on Clients premises. ELECTRO MECH. MECHANICAL and P.C.B. CURTIS & GREEN ENGINEERING LTD. FEDC Member 1a SroacAxo” 263% i r, which points outthatedravebacks2awel astheiradvantages. It ual opportunities with boys to erience will be 2 Salary wilbenegotiatedinlinewithexperienceandqualifications.Generousrelocation HUGE |DISCOUNT. OFF ALL CARPETS Seattle ae eS ee SCHEOTBNP.TE Acknowledged supliers to T.U.member tee 1008 Please telephone or write, giving brief career details to Mrs. J. E. Pardy, Recruitment Officer, Plesscy Radar, Cowes, Inte of Wight. Tel, Cowes (098 382) 4141. Tel: Staines 55196 /59607 182 MacnammRoRsoad,Teeth Lonono Shera 27417166.OLa782770s)anssa “Why can’t you dry your @PLESSEY TASS approved Co. CHENOMIT, Y2749,as recognises that shift work unavoidable in con- nehtsincludingsubsistenceallowances,areavailabletoasistpermanenttransfertothe a ‘of Wight. We are pleasantly located in modern buildings in a rural en ‘Cowesandemploysome1,200people,‘Theareaoffersawideselectionof cncagtogether withexcellentrecreationalfacilities. oN vesnttsMarin Tail MidGlare) es socks in the airin, “How man) mo milligrams have !fore 's Report to the Equal Opportunities Commission. Iturgesthe hydrauties ydraulic components: electricaljeontrol systems: electromechanicalcomponer aws which restrict mplo: TASSHASnegotiatedato £57 per week. dealcouldbringinanextra new salary structure forDraughtsmenagageecd24now £17.50a staffataneecaneearn£80aweek.Super- At‘anotherScottishfirm owned co ny i visorsSpayisinkedbye25 TASShasnegotiateda15 Wecanpromiseyourealyinterestingwork andtheopportunitytofollowprojects throughfrominitialdesigntofinalproduction form.Plusexcellentsalary,benefitsand carerscope.Relocationexpenseswilbe met in appropnate cases and housing assistance may be given. Pris fs|m usefulland’ ie: yppprentices in |wish that time study chap wouldn't be cupboard like other ork. 80 fussy about his boiled eggs. husbands?” Bil Morgan, and trade unionist tho Merthyr ‘Tydfil fynach. It was as a et outonthedoorstepto on rea olitics an promote socialist gottodoit housing and community College, Cardiff. Laterhe pareitant ‘ail says that Midlands and South Wales and some traveling Waneedqualifiedpeoplefor LSSOaaCa+ CANICIES oreTataCteMehla ° cl pthis‘youbroowkil oe mint So what. are theunions ingtohelpthem? PE intervie hased.onresearch out between aS Ine Ee On Bononk ii aoa atheadoficeleveland found that most ofther High Volume roduction Engineers > EQUIPMENT ENGINEERING, INSTALLATION &TE: MACHINING PROCESS PLANNING - ASSEMBLY PROCESS PLANNING 2% PLANT LAYOUT These functions areinter rel 10 designed to achieve the most economical production ntwith very highquality. Car thinkingandtheabilitytocommunicate andco-operate Rakethejoba stimulatingandrewardingoneinakey Salaries (plus overtime)reflect experience andbecetts include substantial discount onLeylandCars and accessor Relocation expenses wilbe paid whore relevant. ThePlantis convenient to the M5, M6 and A38, Page Ten —- = TASS News & Journal November 1977 WHESSOE ‘acknowledged leaders in the fields of design, fabrication and construction of capital plant and equipment forthe ol, gas, chemical, nuclear, ofthoreandstelindustnies,inviteapplications DRAUGHTSMEN/ DRAUGHTSMEN/ |} women RolsRoyce&AsociatesLimited ELECTR ICAL igen oa DESIGN DRAUGHTSMEN Some expalienos in Jig & Tool, Regular overtime available Permanent positions for the right applicants. Mertagu'Rood,Earnie NS. AUEW DIARY Personnel Manager. Rolls-Royce and Associates Limited, x31, Alrcmtt &IndustrialHydraulicsDivisionhave vacanciesfor PROCESS PLANNING TEST ADMINISTRATION ENGINEER| 700 p.a. + _ENGINEER sirodioncomeperyatewkriesnent BasedatourHatfikdTestSte thisjo toBiel ‘engineand tigtest instructions, summarising approvel testobservations and Teports, Appicents must be educated 10 1ndconciseworking iratructions. A knowledge of engine testing would be an ’ = aed} FS a Please write or telephone: : Gatehouse, Production and Plant Engineering Our multi-million pound development programme has created many exciting opportunities for engineers, based at Cowley Body Plant, Oxford We need Process and Planning Engineers (men or women) Stiltheleadersin Hatton Garden for selectionand quality. r R WILLIAM J,COX LIMITED, London Road, Tring. Herts. Telephone Tring 4222 An announcementtoall Journal rea: Draughtsman/ [monn INTER,VIEWS} itingto ItoYOUyointhe hotes, for work associated with Storage Tanks, ‘Vessels, HeatExchangersandNuclearProjects Salanes rangefrom£3,450atage23to£4,200per annum, dependent on qualifications and experience WattordHortsWD? 7BZ Havevacanciesfor ENGINEERS to erable us to out ogrunmen fy ALUMINIUM WINDOW DESIGNER First clas oxpe indow designer male or female requiredbyprogresive companyinthearchitecturalfieldto asiat in designing windows for the 1980's — Universals, Sliders, Curtain Walls otc Permanentpositioninourdesignteamfortherightperson, Salarynegotiablewithprofitsharing,pensionscheme, Opportunities exist for further advancement Generous conditions ofservice include 22days annual holiday plus statutory days, first class ngmentoringderi ra Ielicopters, hovercraft eh dunt Toe eaora - heme,ando oftheverybestsickness wo asgeneralIghtaviation. Removal expenses paid Applications wth (ldata ofexperience to Applicants s|hould pos$ess ONC/HNC with preferably some experience in Heavy Engineering Applications should be sent to the; — Group Personnel Controller, PERFORMANCEENGINEERS © comya+ toconcentrate onengineperformance and artialysisofbench and fight tost results. Some computer programming and graphical presontation, The successful conc H.Beriey7eC.Eng.M. h.E.,Technical Director LLAN HWILLIAMS LIMITED. Willenhall Lane WHESSOE LIMITED, Brinkbum Road, Darlington, Co. Durham DL3 6DS. £4,000. + Ol |. NORFOLK. montor and Imaotan the quatty of alied proceses. The successful DRAUGHTSMEN icants (male/female) should be educated, Applicants(male/tensile)shouldbeeducatedto H.N.G: (Mechanical) and have sound dreughting experiencein mechanical design, preferably inthe design of hydraulics. 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AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTS LIMITED, Aircraft & Industrial Hydraulics Division, Shaw Road, Speke, Liverpool L24 9JY. woman forpressings,paint,trimandassemblyoperationsand SCOUTS 5OpportiynsWithUsbetteSbelow— IXTURE gea a Page Eleven 46-52 Church Road, London, SW13 VAT) per copy. Order forms have been circulated with this issue of TNJ Please order through your CM if possible — itsaves both time and money. reatt \ Hydraulics nialholidayaftera.Sara Pperea ‘csiharing ind pension schemes. ee een eee Wading Rings, Sagret Peega, Braceiet Charms, QuaardaGoldJewelery Nasonwete Mae seven SeA7HHanGee on EC ter Wcys9.30S30Sars8.3 pm anelaghP yi Fs NY INCI JA CRAFTSMAN JEWELLERS amet eh ttPall ee 22075 vy ThatAcenFh November Ranes es 1978 Excellent value at 50p (including “sel Limited. Lin TASS News & Journal November 1977 All ads are checked to see that at least minimum standards of pay and conditions are being offered. DRAFTING FERSONNEL REQUIRED |, All Grades Top Salaries J.F.HOLLAND, LTD. Peter Counsel Limited have been retained to co-ordinate recruitment for Leyland Cars. Page Twelve -i proved A LARGE multi- national company in the north-east TASS members have won increases of more than 17 per cent on flat rates of pay while those at a south-coast office of the same company have won risupetos39per cent. At o nearby company {where TASS has a 100 per cent shop) the management was so alarmed by the drift of staff to better-paid jobs down the road that it with his agent rStevens (right); Personnel Manager Mr awarded pay increases of G McAllister (centre); TASS Corres onding Member Mr between 20 and 30 per R McKenzie (standing left) TASS Div isional Organiser cent. £700 for managers the process of flowed from t our membership We appointed labout these changes; which brought them about. on the ordinary member? at TNJ puts the question to Eric Winterbottom, Assistant General Secretary. The new TASS: bigger AND better TASS has always been an former size. RC Con- his own division. If re effective and progressive ference has been cruitment possibilities union with an influence reorganised on the basis exist in a division where beyond its size in the of divisional delegations. the industrial burden is trade union movement. Some officials have been heavy, another official Why were these changes designated as National based in the same office can intervene. TNJ: What does that mean in Scott and Bill Hood. Here again — TASS [summer school pointment of more of- TNJ: troduced? ficials, members were still What about multi-man- ERIC THE THEME of the 1978 TASS Summer School will be "Trade Unions and Politicx” work load determined the priorities The reorganisation of divisional offices into multi-manned regional by the members for the improved service available. There is also a significant improvement in recruitment, thus providing the growth upon which ASS's future role and influence Norrie McIntosh (centre) and Manufacturing Service Manager Mr G Morrison Shop floorstaff necessary? Industrial Officers with responsibility for the ERIC major combines and were quick to see the value SHOP FLOOR supervisors least 33 days, plus an extra WINTERBOTTOM: reporting directly to the MANAGERS working for ITV Rentals in Dublin of joining TASS. Soon and technical staff at a day for every two years’ Executive Committee. practice? after they had signed up a small manufacturing service, up to a maximum TASS has come a long These changes would pay claim was put in on company in Cradley Heath, of 38 days, way since its origins as a have have been un- their behalf. A settlement |Eliza Tinsley Ltd, have This puts them at the small craft union for thinkable only a few has now been reached, won & new agreement on top of the holiday league in ERIC WINTERBOTTOM: introducing new scales holidays which gives them No. 15 Division, showing ranging from £4,150 and a maximum of six weeks the way to staff at giant £5,350 per annum. This has a year after ten years companies such as GKN In practical terms it iven them increases of |service. They now get at and Dunlop. memberf or forty its progressive policies. organisation to serve the Yet until recently jit has needs of |our growing r con servative about its struc- members contact divisional office for ad- vice and assistance there will be a much greater likelihood of an official being available to give that advice, There will be better cover for holidays and sickness. One has only to compare the est Midlands Centre in Birmingham — where there are four organisers and aNational Industrial Officer who have multiple telephone lines — with the traditional one-man office. TNJ: There has been some resistance to the in- troduction of multi- manned offices; what's the experience where it has actually been in- iT Left to right: Arthur Scott, Barry Seager, Alan branch CMs’ night. The which becamé reproduced by splitting, years ike an amoeba. M ALAN SCOTT has been a member of TASS since his apprenticeship days and officials equalled more divisions equalled more EB members. The Executive Committee became too large for good debate. More branches transformed RC Confer- ence into a mass rally. The union's structure, with an EC member, . marked his 40th divisional council and year of membership with a organiser to each ly his branch, Team resentation by Barry division, guaranteed a Seager, EC member and ex continuing parochial S president, at the concentration in divisions eeting was followed by a ouffet: supper and social evening. progressively smaller Despite the ap- Eric Winterbottom draughtsmen and engin- years ago, They will eers but its continuing provide a more modern characteristic has been and effective will also mean that when ture, For 70 years the pattern was the same. We Alan Scott, who is employed at Charles dissatisfied; when they ning; is that going to Churchill, has worked for tried to contact their mean a less personal ser- WINTERBOTTOM: many firms doing jobs ranging from detail design draughtsman to section leader to chief draughts man. Throughout this time he has never lapsed his membership; he has divisional organiser he was usually out attending to the needs of a growing membership. In a one- WINTERBOTTOM: thusiastic appreciation man office the accident of The l-week school wil provide a first-class oppor. tunity for members to discuss the changing role of found that whatever job trade unions, to hear important lectures and par- you're doing there is ticipateinseminargroups. herewilbeplentyoftime always a need for the to our members means development of this for private study and social activities DATE: 16th to 22nd July, 1978 PLACE; Ruskin Hall, Headington, Oxford. Forty places are available to members Scholarships will cover the cost of board and NAME: backing of a union. This was borne out by much more than having process of modernisation, an official available for a and probably the most conference when needed. important and significant this had to change. It became clear that service centres is a natural the wide ‘cross-section of occupations of the Members rightly expect of the changes, It has two depends, members present. They the union to influence main elements. First, the Multi-official offices are ranged from the traditional industrial and political multi-official office now in existence or in an residence, and travel in excess of £1. Consideration will be given to any los of pay or forfeited holidays in- members to secretaries, decisions in their favour provides a team of of- curred by members taking up the scholershipe: mssionaires and in- This demands growth. icials able to tackle the advanced stage of establishment in North and South London, the All TASS members are eligible to apply and al Inurses! apply now! vice to the members? ERIC Where multi-official offices have been established there is en- THERE have been a lot 0 union in the last few years — TASS News & Journal November 1977 beyond our old craf | National Industrial Officers, Executive Committee, manned offices, and altered annual conference. Active members know a they took the decisions But what is their impact f important changes in the some of them still in being implemented. The changes he explosion in t boundaries. cut the size of the introduced a number of multi- the structure of our Willie visits Cessna TASS MEMBERS at Cessna Fluid Power, Glenrothes, recently received apiserom Willepranalton M.P. when he wasgoing round the firms in hisconstituency. “The photograph shows Willie Hamilton (seated: left) get 6 weeks’ leave iTAn iF | lya Theunionswhichprovidetas! i fes eoW SECicaSsaneaeEsESconsidered.TheotherSectionsof Overthebuffetmembers|that service to.their aeKot Aivisiogel Polonierstane ret t ~ i sven eobece inca tosend members. had thechancetochat with | members will be those boundaries and to Midlands, the North |Faxbeccloalng5Seeecompletedapplication|ArthurScott,Divisional|whichsucceedinprovidemutualsupportWest,Yorkshire,the orms is Monday, 13th March, 1978 — don't delay, |! Organiser, as wellas Barry | organising the huge and assistance inv -ser- North East and Glasgow = ee branch officials. potential of white collar vicing the rapidly The principle of multi- 7 . 4 ae ranch chairman Bill | Workers in the growing membershi ing h a S$ TO:ThehGeneralSeicretary,éAUEW/TASAS,Onslow|Hoodsaysitwas8anin.engirneerin;@industr:y.IfRSeecocroASnah’aa 2e| RG>Ces Hall,LittleGreen,RichSmurroey,nTdW9,1QN terestingandenjoyable|TASSfails,otherunionsReena ena Faea cree eee send me an application form for the TASS connor SchcolAgTB! evening. ao ence : i i i ceeSis)ee = ee) 130} a members will play a esponsibilities their own divisions. The operation of members, regionalisationofworkbranches,divisional wi enable priorities tobe councils and officials. determi on a wider Recognition ofa need for basis than onedivision. change isnot inconsistent rnd teteittssubordinaterole. T1177} But a remarkable transformation has been i Sieisioe meet TASS by extending outpsiiedtye picdeapendetieuponSeatthesa co- GOHAR DISTRIBUTORS brought about by the . LIMITED ccteme Willingness of our For example if two with pride in our past esate memberstoembracedifficultdisputesareachievements,Theunion Edlabasregsoirenitert rs Abert0e3eUnmion:St.ex STERO AAR BEN UKCARPYTEmocaning fundamental changes going on in one division can rightly feel proud at The Executive Com- another official can help the way ithas undertaken nittee has been reduced rather than concentrate these’ immensely im- to less than half its- on less urgent issues in portant changes. TublahedbytheTechnical,AdministrativeandSupervisoryStaffs(TASS seciicaolUkeAmalgataied UnionofEnginmeringWorkers#tOnslowHal,LittleGreen,Hichmond,Surrey,P4rintedbyUkeCo-operstiPrveess,5418ChesterNid.MaMnachesterMI@0HP.F Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource TASS Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived John Allan Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Nov 1977 https://nam.maydayrooms.org/files/original/a64b71ec9052f10612d0c4a6649b3b72.pdf 2d52a43ce74c03c3d598dc9a85fb8faa Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Trade Unions and Architecture Description An account of the resource Themes included action on asbestos and Health &amp; Safety, and involvement with Direct Labour Organisations and Building Unions. Following comparative research of possible options, NAM encouraged unionisation of building design staffs within the private sector, negotiating the establishment of a dedicated section within TASS. Though recruitment was modest the campaign identified many of the issues around terms of employment and industrial relations that underpin the processes of architectural production. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource BDS News Subject The topic of the resource The first issue after NAM decision for TASS as the union for architects Description An account of the resource THENEWSOPFATHEPBUEILRDINGDESIGNSTAFPSECTIONOFTASS Inoue1 BDS news Will further growth of trade unionism in the building professions mean the end of “professionaliem"? Or is it long overdue recognition that most professionals in the British building industry are no longer their own bonsen and require effective union representation not only to achieve the economic security and control over thoir working conditions, which have always been considered vital to the professional role, but also to allow them to continue, in changed circumstances, to meet the professional's further obligations to society? While some ‘employer' professionals may contemplate trade unionionm in "their" offices with images of impeding doom and some ‘employee’ professionals may see it as salvation from the law of the jungle, one thing is certain: the whole question of trade unioniem is now taken «|de seriously by many more people than it was even five years ago. Mecrotary writing on juat MaytPaeenbonseane ecme “question tnenmmaa/77 Ps2<. ang finance (gewo rmecs: and controls, and tha Ling. book hat ca ve teaiea an ismie in the building professions is that whereas not only will situations in conflict with the Code of organised in strong unions traditionally the professional Conduct probably be fewer than they could begin to recapture Bath, Bedford, Bristol, Car was ansumed to be an indepen- has been imagined, but the dent practitioner, by now sone actual occurence of such some of their lost influence. Ss Cork, three-quarters of building professionals are salaried employees. Almost half of these work in the public sector and the continuing trend towaris larger offices employees, mont of the pro- in the private sector also fessional codes of conduct suggests that despite all etill appear to have been myths and desires, fewer and written by and for the fewer people entering the building professions will spend much of their careers as principale. Much of the recent growth of trade union organisation and of professionals and the The sight of the building situations is very unlikely". industry continually taking the brunt of spending cuts Despite the fact that the avoided by industries with building professions are now stronger union organisation made up overwhelmingly of only encourages this view. t is in this climate of opinion that a Building Desim Steff section was forned within TASS with its ow branches and its om ons] minority of ezployer and self employed practitioners. It is probably inevitable that Advisory Comittee, in these will change. They give this structure, the organisi- little guidance to people with tion of staff in each office the training and expectations is the key unit, for it is professional militancy must stem from the desire to win back salary and status differentialswhich,especiall:mostrealisticpathoutof affectthematwork. in a period of inflation and position of salaried staff. Many employed professionals are beginning to think that the voice in all matters which only by organising to ther that building professionals will be able to have a real recrultme en printed, and the possible circulation is 7 eroded by better organised consequent democratisation of ive role in the office. To do b @ organised. The leaflet r Banunl workers. But in- practice. And although the this, it mist recruit simifi- creasing concer about job professional institutes have cant pimbers so that it can satisfaction “industrial traditionally been regarded seek official and legal on their professional leaving aside an understandabl sresponsibility to serve the opposition from most employer public interest. professionals, many employee architects, engincers, Torn between trying to be surveyors and planners still learned societies, employers this frustrating dilema is via h incomes policy, have been trade union organisation and EDS aims to play a construct- wi democracy” and the decline in as the defenders of profess- recognition for nesotiating public credibility and status ional values, cases are aris— rights over pay and conditions of the professions may also be ing in which only trade wuion in as many offices as possible contributing to changed backing has protected attitudes towaris organisation employees who have acted have a vague feeling that there is something unprofeas- ional about trade unionian. Nightmares of outside inter vention, leftwing control, closed shop battles, conflicts to young professionals, between union activity and steadily slipping. codes of professional conduct and adoline of professional Advocates of unionisation standards seem to be grounded argue also that in 1977, To this end EDS has launched @ massive recruitment campsim An integral part of this campaign will be the regular production of thir newspaper. Its purpose will be to keep the whole menbership informed of all BDS activities and to provide a forum for discussion of relevant socia? and more in fantasy than in reality. To quote Patrick Harrison, RIBA permanent the "independent professional” National Organiser, AUEW-TASS io already largely a myth, Onslow Hall, Littie Green, considering the influence Richmond, Surrey TW) 1GN. Harry Smith, TASS National Organiser six associations and representa- tives of increasingly frag- mented professions, institutes environmental iemves as well have seen their effectiveness as campaign for better pay and attraction, especially and conditions. Comments and suggestions and articles for future issues will be most welcome. These should be sent to Harry Smith, A massive national Bent campaign is bei g laur eautumn amongst building S recruitment lea i at Intert t lar TASS Head and has begt and challenging task organising itional recruit- ment drive in the K. DESIGN It well ctural fices. "Design shouldn't be _ the satisfaction of popular and low exhaust hybrid drive systems; vibrationles afraid toask this? up a “sodel” Contract of Employment. It is hoped that this effort will help lead to an inprovenen it in the pay and conditions of salaried members in the building professions. done behind closed doors..-it the production process at eumatic-tyred rail/road alvays prepared to come out withic. towards industry if the engin- eers that are trained are quicklymaderedundant,” Put in a broad economic context, these proposals were publishedbythecombineas a Corporate Plan for Lucas ~ only to be rejected out of hand by its management. between employees of a similar Status within the sane office. that parts of itought to be strengthened or would just than 150 suggestions for wockatiy © wh ctsweresubmitted’ Benefits ae needs, but also for making should involve the workforce Lucas more creative — and for vehicles capable of climbing othe: r parte of the Contract neoq not be written but verbal agros. ments in addition to any condition which has been adhereq to by an employee over a periog of time can become an inplied part of the contract. which makes the products that 1-in-6 inclines, wind power result from On it, and the people the maintenance of full bobcarts for who have to use them". employment in its factories apparatuses; r r dimensions of design is hard will fall apart tvo years to find. But Mike Cooley is from now? Why direct educatic braking units. The Statonent of Terms and Conditions of Employment is part of the individual Contract o¢ Employmentanditscontentig legally binding on the indivig. ual employee and can of courne be enforced by the Courts. Beware of Contracts which exceed the minimum requirements a these documents are often 8 Employment and it is intended hours and overtine, holiday entitlement, redundancy procedutes| and terms, étc. and offices. The main principle was, as Cooley puts it, "Why use frantic, children gippled with spina bifid lar energy G the full conditions of explo: responsibilities both of emp’ In the private sector, Contract of Employment outlinin, of Exployment has been published wo an to atimlate In this country at least, such a verbal mixture of trade union militancy and demeaning and alienating appreciation of the social labour to make products that gas fired heat pumps an Former national presid- ent of TASS, he works as 4 senior design engineer at Lucas aborated together and refined Aerospace. Backed by the their ideas util 12 distinct multi-union Lucas Aerospace product lines emerged. The For Cooley the point of the us. to form the basis of specific ed during the first year of pension scheme should state Head Office. Combine Conmittee, Cooley bias was largely towards the initiators of a alternative, labour intensive exercise is to fight redundan- cles constructively; to convince 14,000 factory sweeper! skilled craftsmen and science PhD's that the system's failure) crammed with so much detail that, if the employee does sign they can give his omployer excessive and unjustified 1ogar power over him. Even if the Statemont is not signed and i¢ the "Statement of Main Terms the employee accepts a contract (which includes party to which s/he does not agreo) without objection and carrios on working under it, a Court nay decide after a period of time that the clauses in question had become an imp1- fed part of the Contract. Under Contract Law it is clearly laid down that the contents of any contract must be mutually agreed between the es aoe issueadocumentcontaining shouldbedescribedinan Theminimumnoticerequired make the employee redundant, then compensation will be paid to the employee according to length of service and age The Licas employees coll— to support non-exploitive when the high technology domestic ones. Since then, production and useful products first year , and will rise by a) Conditions of schene one day's paid holiday for mombershi| each year of employment up to b; Whether membership of the @ maxinun of seven wooks' holi scheme 1s or is not representative. The payment will be based on the following scale firm was reeling from the rising public concern about blows of oil price rises and energy has shifted the follows not just from misguided defence industry rationalis- emphasis towards products policies but from the nature compulsory c Whether the employee will Should the employee believe that the grievances have not been resolved in a satifactory way, the grievances may be raised again by the exployee at @ meeting of the partners. The employee will receive rea- salary per month of exploynent ations. After writing ~ without success - to 180 experts’ which use ray materials and of society. consume pover. sparingly. and Conditions of Employment" referred to in the Contract of Employment Act. day. 3.2 The annual paid holiday ts in addition to all public holidays. be required to contribute to the scheme, and the basia of calculation and rates of contribution. Where the employee can obtain further details of sonable notice of this necting the ucheme (preferably in ¢aDte wrheipcrhesesnhte/dhe bymaya cthoiordse to an appendix to the Contrac party. 15.1 The minimum payment is six weeks salary for up to six sonths employnent rising at the rate of a third of a weeks The range of products is tions about what they impressive; it includes zo The Model Contract contains sone clauses which should be used as they are written, and 3.3 sone descriptions of clauso: Should this employment cease The latter appear in square for any reason the employee brackets. telechiric devices (remotely and the like, the controlled sea bed and fire- shop stewards turned to their fighting equipment); silent . up to eight weeks salary after @ year of e=ploynent. For every subsequent six months of ‘employnent, one week's salary is added to the compensation The payments relating to the period of employment when the employee is aged forty years OFOverAmincreasedbyone document which is freely avail should be stated. EXPENSES able to all employees. This document should not contain 3.5 71 any additional conditions of Additional unpaid holiday can The employee will be reimbursed re employment as such, but should be arranged with the enployer. for reasonable expenses incur- ficient reason to terminate 15.2 merely be explanatory. colleagues in the 17 plants covered by the combine. The nse was astonishing. The provisions governing The first 25S-EDS branch was front. Tho aim however is and relaxed atmosphere. reports from and discussion of menbers offices as woll as The branch is probably the only individual problems (non The Branch is now able, in conjunction with the full-time TASS Divisional Organisers to will be given to all employe 2.0 NORMAL HOURS OF WORK ‘TRAINING The employee will be insured taking office, at any approp- 14.1 ise fae aha re8 a, collectors on car roofs = designed fo recharge batteries; The research group will soon be making further and core detailed recommendations ove such key issues as pay policy, its 6 months of existence with on trade union interests, but euch regular forum available menbers are welcome to these provide speakers for office 15.6 menbers in over 25 central London practices, to be a more effective force in the local TASS Division by concentrating on the one area where we have a special knowledge and ability. to building design staff in London and the list of topice for discussion and further research io lengthy; these Anelude a model contract of exployment, redundancies ani orientated towards the bread personal property in the The normal working hours amount course of this employment. PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT 9.1 The employee is expected to adopt a responsible attitude towards confidential inform- ation gained through this employment. : partners. for six months after the edundancy notice expires, It has develéped a forn unique both in building design emi in TASS, Unique design professions, its efforts are directad to this Wutlding design etaff can specific area‘rather than @iseuss mutual problems and the wider political /industrial_ plan action in a responsive Although the work of the Branch at present is to 35 hours per week. 2.2 14.2 Paid leave for taking examin- mence paynent at the rate of All you wanted to weeks pay for redunda paym ent, a minimum 4 and more... Wages B, When Paid Fours D, Holidays Holiday Pay 3 know about | Ss yo your r Contract cts buf were ontraci Compare This proposed model Contract @ public discussion on the many people employed in the Moreover, Sicknes Pensions Periods of Notice Job Title These conditions form the mini- mum Statement of Terms and onditions of Employment. In addition the following terms can be included:~ J. Disciplinary rules ‘The branch has also developed the current ithousing and butter iasues ofpay and For further information please The actual hours of work (flexitime or fixed hours of 6.0 PENSIONS ations is allowed as recoa- mended by the appropriate professional body. 15.0 REDUNDANCY 40% of the employces's salary and continue payment until ahe/he finds employment. This Payment,whichismadeinad- dition to the original comp- ensation, is limited to 40% sessions). 2.1 rhen the employer will com- t @uniqueroleasaformforbapa forhousinglegisla~conditions,it{aintendedto\contacttheSecretaryat work)aretobeagreedand 6.1 monthly ‘seminars’ in which on. There is aleo time sot aside at these monthly meetings for encompass the wider mocial and environment 4 Highshore Road, London SB15 SAA. stated in the contract. 3.0 HOLIDAYS A contracting-out certificate is/is not in force for this branch to activies Servi ployment (not relevant until 10.0 6th April 178)- of the original redundancy If, after appropriate consult- compen: tion. clauses that the employee has not agreed. The fact that in the building professions, contracts have been altered without the consent of the employees involved, points to the wenk- ness of the individual in this position and the in- effectiveness of the profess- ional institutions in protecting their snlaried officehandbookorsimilarbeforeaholidayistaken7.0 =~Theemployeeplaceofworkquarter. The name and description members. Some of the clauses of tho person to whon included in the BDS nodel the employee applies if contract are RIBA recommendations s/he is dissatisfied with which have been researched and a disciplinary decision accepted by that institution, 8.1 Written notice gf termination of exployment shall be . by the employee, and . 12,1 The exployee's 12.2 The employee is responsible eee or has a grievance, but not im nted by its employer members. Individually, it is often dift- icult if not impossible to amend a Contract of Employment, however building design employees organised together in 1. Annual time payments should be explained. over- and 4.3 minimum notice to an employee required by law is one week 12.3 after four or more weeks’ emp- The employee is responsible for ®/nisum notice, whilst under How to make such an application, Explanation of what further steps can be taken 1.2 Overtime work should be by mutual agreement. 4,2 furnish a medical sertificate two years, with one additional ing positions . redundancy payment will be the same as though she/he had continued to be e=ployed until the end of the redund- ancy notice. This Statement of Terms and Conditions given to employees an office can effectively is not in itself a Contract but Te-negotiate their contracts its contents form part of the and maximise the benefits to Contract of Employment. The both parti 4.3 Rate of pay for overtime work ‘The employee is required to weeks' notice after twelve years or nore. AMENDMENTS 13.1 1. Thia {8 a model Contract of 3.1 6.2 10.1 individual contracts between employers and employees in Building Design Professions. It 18 not to be confused with enploynent will be ..... weeks the following: minimun four weeks in the 3. The actual procedure for ment. scheme benofits payable in L11O:C0ATION the event of retirement, ill-health or death, 1.3 . 41 Tho omployor will continue to pay tho full salary during absence through sickness or injury up to a maxinum of 8 weeks in any period of 12 months. This payment is sub- Ject to the conditions in 4.2 by the employer. Note : the tose Name of Employer Name of Employee Date Terns of Employnent become applicable Date continuous Employment commenced. 4.0 SICKNESS OR INJURY red in carrying out her/his duties within the limits set out in the offi¢e handbook. salary, excluding Should the employee give his The employee is required to loyment, and two weeks after other employees in the follow = redundancy notice, then the for absence exceeding three consecutive days. week's notice for each further year's employment up to twelve 13.0 like to make gone general isoften comments,pleasegetintouch m the SubjectpleasegetintouchwithHarrySn!ithattheTASS 8.0 RIGHTS: 15.5 rate with the option of taking ing any sickness benefit from Trade Union : The employee set out in this contract cannot If the employee is made red- shall be 14 times the basic assist the employer inrecover- 8.2 The conditions of esployment time off in lieu at the discretion of the employee. the Dopartnent of Health and has the right to belong to a be amended except by mutual Undant and is a member of a Social Security. registered trade union of her; agreenent. Faflure to reach private pension scheme rel- with fon, Itisfor ‘The annual paid holiday allow- A goneral description of the If the employee has any ations it {8 still necessary ¢ grievances relating to this employment, they should be raised in the first instance with either the employer or by the employees office will be paid salary in liew of any unused holiday entitie- the type and level of his choice, or not to belong agreenent cannot be sufficient *ting to this employment then 5.0 to one or any similar organ- reason to terminate this exp- she/he ay elect to receive 1.4 A salary review will be made ACCIDENTAL INJURY, LOSS OR isation. Should the employee loynent. TM refund of all contributions that she/he has paid into the schene, less income tax plus an equivalent contribution from the employer. twice a year. Adequate notice DAMAGE of a pending salary review choose to join a trade union she/he may take part in trade union activities, including 14.0 riate tine. death, and against damage to 9.0 for the amoun against personal injury or Tine is allowed for training by specific agreement with the f the employee is unemployed will be (the euployers’ office). The place of work cannot be altered except by Fetual agreesent. Failure to this contract 12.0 JOB TITLE The maxinua compensation pay- able is seventy five week's salary The length of employment upon which the compensation is based is up to the end of the period of notice 15.3 The salary upon which the com- pensation payment is based is the e=ployee's salary prior to the termination of the period of notice 15.4 ach agreement cannot be suf- Alook at aTASS unioni$ed industry WHAT THEY DIDATLUCAS — pushesfor the 35 hourweek, overtime Howdo Contracts of Enploynent Legis~ lotion has had a chequered history. The original Act assed by the Conservatives 4 1963 and subsequently snended by the 1964-70 Labour Govern= nent. Later the Tories passed further amendments. By now the Act had boon chopped and changed #o auch that it was re- written, including within it all tho alterations and re~ enacted in 1972. When Labour returned to power again, the 1972 Act was amended by the Trade Union and Labour Relation Act 1974 and the Employment Protection Act 1975. ional groups including architects, engineers, a r& employed in the public sector have for yment and other basic rights and loyees and employers. however, building professions have no such standard document,and}even conditions and pay vary enormously between offices Tf you or your collegaues have any comments to make ot A sound contract mutually agreed between two parties a crucial factor in achieving job satisfact this reason that a TASS-BDS research group has begun drawing was one of £ a radical strategy for diversif- technologies - particularly ication of Lucas's products those suited to Third World back in the winter of 1974 applications as well as Tho Contract of Employment Act requires employers to give enployees documents informing them of the terms of their employment. Within it are included the following mections:~ OFF WHAT THE LONDON BRANCH IS UP TO... im of organised intrade unio’ decisions which affect t determined by em on that only by sites Why TASS? n staff in the private sector are Broader the anches, the ai nua input: * education of all the con- a few years because of the fierce opposition from mos? lobbies within the con- struction industry. 4 fl are joining the general TIecal authority direct labour * there should be greator organisations should also be incentives for technical extended to run as ‘mmicipal competence related to graded enterprises’ able to compete indemity insurance premia; with private contractors for * nenthetic quality should all jobs in their area contin- ues the paper. Nor are the construction professions excluded from the NEC's broad canvas. ‘The professional contribution largely determined the opportunity for contractor efficiency and the client's value for money they argue, suggesting a four-point programe of reforms crucial to improving the professional te put before Parliament for onaland ational » of the union and y 45 experience ack-up stafl a d »only at their general election, it is un- likely that legislation will throughout Britain TUC WANTS TO SOME LARGE CONSTRUCTION commnies should be nation- alised to provide an effect- ive public stake in the construction industry, arguen tho hands of the professional a strongly worded new paper by institutes; the Labour Party's policy forging National Executive Committoo. * there should be a statutory body to improve matters re- lating to contracts and disputes; boost direct author ; partment was appreciat growing Gover represented no amount if the i and showed nt concern, but like the t required to survive. REVERSE TREND Unanimous support for city areas in general, and a p reversal of Govern- further £300 million in civil 8 towards construct engineering projects. m the TUC Congress n of had a demand for a restoration of the expenditure cuts projected for 1978 and 1979. The motion also demanded initiati e and planned > imme of public ks to reduce unemployment e a mich needed There haa" been sone CovErn— ment response in the Budget executive an immediate inje £1,100 mill to re the ival of the Mr. Fre S announ ent of industry. He coupled this with£30 million for public sector § a first step r and house improvements in the recent construction industry debate in the Commons and a further £100 million had been made available since then. The total of £230 million struction industry should be controlled by one central orgnnisation, such as the CITS, and not fragmented in be improved by holding more design competitions. * QS 5 must develop more sophisticated methods of cost control. Although theese proposals were accepted at the Labour Party's Conference in October into the official party programe for the next for an ext ‘for inner £100 construct4 m this financial liams said that it d that by next year The Government may have been industry would have lost roused i ers, but more than a quarter of its as yet it is hardly awake to ment workf , not from the full consequences of a the Lump but of skilled collapsed building industry. f n who had trained for, ce in, a once The motion was seconded by J.Kooyman, Furniture, Timber and Allied Trades Union, who said trend must be reversed "No plans for long term recovery T had set out its this country will succeed > go ina without providing manufacturing "Let us Build’ calling industri ith modern purpose— a £300 million investment built factories”. e building, £500 million proving sub-standard The Building Design Staff section of TASS was set up at the request of staff from throughout Britain who met at an independent conference on 14 May, 1977 to decide on one Union within which to organise. They chose TASS because of its record as an effective union for design staff in engineering plus the strength and quality of the support TASS can offer TASS is tho union for al people employed in private sector offices In architecture, surveying, eoring and planning sultancies, Industry and commerce, oF the voluntary sector . A London Building Design Branch of TASS has stablished and is rapidly growing. Outside ,building design anch in their| y. As more and more join TASS, similar Bui g Design branches will vec be setup in other areas. Mombers are kept In t nal Advisory Committee of bers employed In building design. .whether in Conference Reports TASS the union for al the BUILDING PROFESSIONS TASS isthe only effective union in which million-member AUEW. Another section of the AUEW represents 35,000 workers on construction LABOUR WANTS TO NATIONALISE How does TASS work? Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource TASS Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived John Allan Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Undated 1977 ? https://nam.maydayrooms.org/files/original/8286e4e57f56ed8283dae99efea38ece.pdf d6cbd457c5923eedde6cc8c2c30e15ca Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Trade Unions and Architecture Description An account of the resource Themes included action on asbestos and Health &amp; Safety, and involvement with Direct Labour Organisations and Building Unions. Following comparative research of possible options, NAM encouraged unionisation of building design staffs within the private sector, negotiating the establishment of a dedicated section within TASS. Though recruitment was modest the campaign identified many of the issues around terms of employment and industrial relations that underpin the processes of architectural production. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource TASS Information Subject The topic of the resource TASS File including documents promoting TASS, newsletters and TASS BDS reports and TASS bulletin disbanding BDS branch Description An account of the resource CAMBRIDGE SAY THREE-YEAR co. Vutput tas, /ter Nuys WAIT FOR PICK-UP sn-sctsases try © Theworst yearofreceasion |forecasterssaythethBr for construction will be 1982 | m employment”. wheh) ee tocrash si," accortdotihenCgam! /we|wagecosts,Masbeenpar RasCorotte a 3°.PROSPECTSforcanstruction "n®) wer the next two years are 409° “ommitte , di Econometrics New Y forecast The fallinoutput forthe industry inthat year |responsible foethe reduct $A, fc OAM ER BRE a ToesYin, Sean er willbemorethanL1%down mreendorsedDyinbie onthe1978level.Amild ower Sur - or 1. * PY sent eesi1wormisenrted,—ftohrecasatin recovery is expected in 1985, Ene = ef withnosignificantadvance at0 until the follow nS DEBI otWhe thisweek rere a ont Oking ahead to / |prees. These unemployment tre c % <nong the most gloo,. y\nv . s “0i: OYeasclntayh YW IS ITA TING Y¥¢ - Are you facing re = Are you working har difficult period? yon aueorerthanin| “or tow point-/ eit ildingand | longer to help your office thro - Is your salary being eroded by inflation while you hope for better times? tive manage €......Call it what bout it of your own, This is in an architects office should join a strong, un HERE'S HOW A TRADE UNION CAN WORK FOR YOU! nion officers offer you profes ional advice on how to k over redundancy, disnis al, maternity issucs. Union bers g gal proble at work. In a Union you and your colleagues at work can glaries and c nditions of mployment with the off sition of Again, Union Officers wi if requested. They will never requested. - In society. Unions campaig on a wide range of issues, principle which are economic and social policies at employment for a the Union for Secretaries, Receptionists, Architects, echnicians, and Staff working in the private sector of Bui Desig oming @ major meeting at the Royer) Institute of British A) 66 Portland Place, London W.1, on dnesday 4 Marct TASS The Union for Architectural and Building Staff a The News Is Not Good ForArchitecture 6.30 Wednesday 4 March at the RIBA but building and design defend to A major meeting at RIBA to discuss the future for Architecture and for architectural staff Almost everytime you open a newspaper these days, the pundits of the national econony seem to have yet another message of gloom for the construction industry. As the recession worsens the qloon deepens. Capital budgets for such programmes as health, education and particularly housing are so canpletely decimated that for the first time redundancy may be a reality facing many architectural staff. The Government remains impervious to reason, for it persists with its cuts in the public sector at a time when the private sector is clearly unable to expand. Drastic cuts in capital spending mean neglect and the long-term effects will be very expensive indeed. Not only will the building fabric continue to decay and whole inner city areas remain undeveloped, skills will be wasted and dispersed. Last year the value of new commissions for architects fell by a staggering 28.5% according to the RIBA. Employment in private practices has fallen for the first time in years by 1.5%. The immediate future is indeed bleak. How can architects in the private and public sector their jobs? What is the alternative? What role is the private sector - and public sector - olay if and when the upturn in the economy comes? Make sure you come to this major debate. AnnTaylorMP JakeBrown Ken Gill Labour spokesperson on Housing/Chairman Salaried Architects Group/General Secretary of TASS 66 Portland P} ndon WI. Oxford Circus, Regents Park and Great Portland Street A branch meeting will be held at the Polytechnic of Central on TUESDAY 23rd June at 6.30 London, 115 Cavendish St Wl. pm D.C. Delegate If there are any members who rely on the architectural press for news, they will have been seriously misled recently. An inaccurate article in the AJ was followed by a short BD article which was almost sens- ible in comparison. However, Building published a piece which was so wildly inventive that it might qualify for the Pulitzer prize for fiction! Members will remember that a motion was tabled for the last branch meeting suggesting a move er. bloc to STAMP (the white collar section of UCATT). The branch rejected this move, but set up a sub-committee to look into the future of the branch. This sub-committee met on June 9th and came to the following main conclusions: 1. Elections should be held to fill the vacancies on branch council, even if the new branch council is only a ‘stop-gap’. 2. Branch meetings should be held regularly and used as a forum for debating the future of the branch, and assessing the options which exist. TASS BUILDING DESIGN STAFF The following is the full text of the motion passed by the Brench on 26 May: This Branch believes that the cause of trade union organisation in the building design private sector can be best advanced by co-operation with all other unions active in the sector, and thereby calls upon its branch council to open discussions with those unions and to prepare a report for the branch. AGENDA:1.Elections: Ghadirmar 2. Report from special sub- committee and discussion. Vite-Chairman Treasurer 3. AOB. AUEW TASS AUTUMN MEETINGS Readers of the national press will not have failed to notice the difficulties facing the trade union movement: falling membership and the divisive and disruptive effect on organisation of mass unemployment. Attenders at recent Branch meetings have witnessed, on a small scale, the effect of these pressures on our Branch. In May we opted for a measured response to the crisis of falling membership and levels of activity in the Branch. At the June meeting a working group set up to consider options for our future recommended that we continue in membership in TASS ana initiate discussions on the relevence of trade unions in Building Design offices, identifying obstacles to progress and ways of overcoming them. Alreatiy suggestions have been mooted as diverse as returning to the early nineteenth century form of a "benefit club" on the one hand and on the other as acting as a pressure group in the Labour movement for changes in the comissioning of design work. 16th September (firm) 13th October 17th November 15th December BDS BRANCH, . Dear member/supporter Another way of viewing the problem is contained in the resolution passed by the May meeting calling for the exploration of avenues of cooperation with other unions with building design staff in membership. The Branch Council's proposals for the Autumn meetings take up this mandate. The programme, if accepted, would enable us not only to benefit from the experiences of our fejlow trade unionists but also enable us to identify the causes and consequences of the division of our industry into blue and white collar workers, private and public sectors and decide where we stand.But first we must explain our present position to our own Union, and to that end the Branch Council has invited Bob Elliot, the TASS official responsible for our Branch to come to the September meeting. The following three meetings are proposed to be devoted to discussions with lay members (not officials) of, in turn, STAMP, the white collar section of the building union UCATT, NALGO, which represent the majority of building design staff in the public sector, and ASTMS, which 21so has building design staff in membership. The dates for the Autumn meetings have been suggested as the following: In order to capitalise on the opportunities presented by these meetings a little background work would be necessary So the Branch Council suggests that the Branch sets up a small group to meet in advance of each meeting to sort out some pertinent questions to get discussion started. BRANCH COUNCIL Following resignations, three new members were elected to Branch Council at the Branch’s June meeting. The Branch officials are currently: David Burney Ken Pearce Alan Schwartz Giles Pebody Sue Bream vacant Chair Vice chair Secretary Treasurer Registrar Divisional Council delegate CONTACTS In order to keep our mailing list up to date it would be most helpful if you would drop a line to the Secretary with your answers to the following: Are you a member of this Branch? (This may seem an odd question but we find it important to keep our own records of membership) If not, do you wish to continue to recieve copies of the Branch Bulletin? Was the address that this bulletin was sent to correct? If not please let us know the correct one. Send your answers to, The Secretary, 70, St. Agnes Place, London SE11. Thankyou. NOTICE OF MEETING The next meeting of the London BDS Branch will be: WEDNESDAY 16th SEPTEMBER 7 OO pm THE BOARD ROOM, POLYTECHNIC OF CENTRAL LONDON, 115, NEW CAVENDISH ST, W1 AGENDA 1. Branch officers! reports 2. Discussion with Bob Elliot, TASS official responsible for our branch 3. Any other business No motions have bean received by the Branch Council for debate at this meeting. The attention of members is drawn to the provisions of Rule 16(e) concerning quora at Branch Meetings. TA bulletin The next Branch meeting will be on Tuesday 31st March at 6.30 .p.m. at the Polytechnic of Central London, 115 New Cavendish Street, W.1. That the cutbacks in public expenditure ere disastrous has already been well \ cumented, That the construction industry and the architectural practices are facing their most serious crisis is recognised by many, NOTE FOR BRANCH BULLETIN Discussion of Branch Council arising fron the evening meeting of 4th March, 1981. Discussion of the outcome of the evening open meeting held at the RIBA on 4th March Benerally judged to be a success, centred on what, if any, follow up activities shou 1d take place. Andrjez tabled the idea of an inter-organisation group to carpaign again st redundancies in all sectors of Building Design work. In an attempt to clarify quite what was Meant by this, suggestions (as to its composition ranged from a very wide grouping including Employers and the Salaried Architects Group of the RIBA, among others, to compaign against the "cuts", to a specifically trade union Broup to co-ordinate office by office efforts against redundancy. Fears were expressed that involvement in the former Gight weaken our union and confuse our vital recruitment drive and that the latter approach may not help us get the necessary publicity. In any case, what tactics should the group adopt: Organisin, is 4 weekend conference for activists; lunch time and evening meetings; leafleting or what? No clear conclusion was reached. In any case, the feeling was that the Branch as a whole should debate the questi on of the best way to capitalize on the Solidarity evident at the March &th meeting. What was clear, was that the present reduction in work loads in Architects offices will expose the weeknes 3 of individual Architectural Staff who do mot have the union behind them, and that we fust all seize this Opportunity to buid a RBembership of the Branch. Agenda:- 6.30 Branch Business. This Branch acknowledges that the number of support staff recruited - the vast majority being women - has been 6.45 Discussion of 2 motions submitted, 7.30 Election of Co-Ordinating Group. Organisational identity is required to Chairman, This Branch supports the motion of women Organising together to discuss and fight for their particular interests. CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE CUTS AND IN DEFENSE OF JOBS. The Branch in recognising that the Construction Industry is facing ics worst crisis and that due primarily to the Public Expenditure Cutbacks and the Downturn in the Economy, workload in architectural offices has fallen by over disappointing and that a stronger @ quarter in value last year, views with deep concern the growing threat to redundancies in the private sector offices. In particular the Branch:- i. Calls on other Architectural Organisations to publicly endorse Trade Unionisn, To set up a co-ordinating committee to liaise with such organisations SO as to campaign among building design staff and the public for the reversal of these damaging Government Policies. iii. To initiate a follow-up meeting to the TASS/SAG meeting at the RIBA at which such a campaign could be launched. BUILDING DESIGN WOMENS GROUP. attract support staff and women building designers, The way forward is to actively recruit all] employees in architectural offices and increase our membership within asmany practices as possible AND to work together with other architectural Organisations in a joint campaign to reinforce trade unionism and thereby Organise against the public expenditure cutbacks, The major item on the Agenda will be a discussion on the proposed campaign against the cuts and in defence of the jobs, first discussed at the recent TASS/SAG meeting at the RIBA. That the Branch alone cannot be effective in defending jobs and arguing the case against cuts within the profession and in public is clearly understood. It is my hope that the general atmosphere unity between the various organisations engendered at the recent TASS/SAG meeting at the RIBA, can be capitalised on by the establishment of a co-ordinating group to lead such a campaign now. This Branch therefore resolves to set up a TASS Building Design Womens Group, which whilst remaining an integral part of the Sranch, would directly liaise with the Divisional Womens Committee on Chose areas of work specifically related to the aims of the Womens Group REDUNDANCIES in private 30 per cent down on 1979. And value of work at production practice architects’ offices will the annual value of new com- drawings stage. During the started. In 1964, nearly 40 per soaroverthenextyeasawrork- missionsis60percentbelow load falls to its lowest level the peak year of 1972 since records began Employment has remained new work has been too fast,"” tion had diminished toa little As soon as pro Redundancies are now o > - sr cent — depressing in the pipeline a n private sector archi- SUR in pr ot being called upon willfind themsely the way for private sector yublic housing void of the accelerati new commission: tht incentives to the This grim out yn industry annnouced eek’s Budget, were finisheddraftingPracticearchitects’officeswilltheannualvalueofnewcom drawingsstage.Duringthestarted.In1964,nearlywiperIBA Presidentand soar over the neat year as work missions is &! per cent below final quarter of 1980, this posi- cent of the workload was in Eight leader Brya dicted by statis d as “too little, too RIBAthisweREDUNDANCIESinprivate30percentdownon1979.Andvalueofworkatproductiontects’worksincerecords s of workload |load fals to ts lowest level the peak year of 1972 tion reversed. “The decline in housing. By 1980, this propor- (News March 13). Ik records started it since records began Employment has remained mew work has been too fast,” tion had diminished to a litle : In real terms, Assoon as proy Redundancies are now on = cent — depressing» 1n1at any upturn will in the pipeline ar tivate sector archi- tO Save Jobs in archi- new commission employees mn pri tbeingcalledupon eg willfindthensselve of the acceleraty new commissioe:s This grim outh dicted bystatist \blichousingvoid. ©>* t incentives to the industry annnewced as“toolittle.too MopercentderenonITP Ant valet ofweek otpratucune tects ork since rervede IBA President and RIBA this we REDUNDANCIF finished drafting Precice of workload fi records started in In real terms new commMismons ~ the ti 4 In me Sire light leader Bryan News March 13). It the way for private sector k's Budget, were nla the valor of thom hor 1980was TASS Building Design staff Tues 31 March 6.30 final quarter of 1980, this posi- cent of the workload was in tion reversed. ‘The decline in housing. By 1980, this propor- tects’ work since records Redundancies are now on the way for private sector Co-operatives... will you still get the push? shallenges f; éectural and allied MAX FORDHAM, 30 pm THE POLYTECHN. NEW CAVE TASS Building Design Staff A discussion on alternative forms of practice ues 4Nov AGENDA | The next meeting will be on Tuesday, 4th November 1960 at 6.30 p.m. at the Polytechnic of Central London (staff common room), 115 New Cavendish Street, London WI (one block away from the It is to state the obviotuhsat our architec iral ¢ ofess is not Jd in part- 1g from oad is dereli ,urban re commercial develop- poor hous Sri with =more obvi ironmental amenities, it is, they Jopments and not to concern ordinary people. The problem lies ie in the present om of patro. private clients, who my have as a who or for pu clients, where working the people who are theo Major the » financial Anyone sical de and retur contradiction, many Architects will ¢ m that responsibility, because the J can only do what If they design high chnology commercial for multinationals, w bious munities are suffering Fe Architects are cither r in the well of the comeunity tifling bureaucracy prevents them fr their client. 5 not surel should not stri Architects and allie the practice of ar well as cha t gh this will hitects as in a mre esign pro- from wit Co-operatives... will you still get the push? = Members are rem. d that motions for debate at the next nference need to thin our meeti “Tel om Tower). 6.30 You on alternat forms of practice and the chall- enges facing architectural and allied building des staff with speakers from Max Fordhan, Ted Cullinam and “Support”. 7.45 Brar Busine 8.15 Close of Meeting NEXT A meeting will be the eneral Meeting at elections for the Council Cions for the New Year take The meeting wi swed by a party and i dule for 16€h December 1980. ‘ SAN THE POLYTECHNIC OF CENTRAL LONDON re 115 NEW CAVENDISH STRE 5 ae 5 Wolle ~~Mon18 Aug 6.30 TASS Building Design Staff The Politics of Planning in the 80's PETER HALL— Mt ane) TASS Building Design Staff THE POLYTECHNIC OF CENT 5 NEW CAVENDISH S7 o. oa 1s 2 aFins? The Politics of Planning in the 80’s PETER HALL It is to state the obvious that our architectural and planning professions are not held in particularly high regard by the Sritish public. Anyone returning from abroad is immediately Struck by the prevalence of physical delay, derelict land, urban sprawl, inhumane public and private housing and insensitive commercial fevelonnens Dureaucracy prevents them from working for the people who are theoretically their clients, or for private clients who may have little interest in the well beingoS of the community2 as a whole. 7 Surely one of the major tasks facin,; architects and planners must , be to ensure that their skills and the country’s scarce resources are applied to the satisfaction of the essential needs of the community as a whole. This will be no easy task. It will require major chan Structure of the client demand and the financial and other controls which apply to the built environment. It will require major economic changes which the building design professions alone will not be able to bring about. Ultimately it will be the public which has to bring pressure for change. The dissatisfaction with the results of modern architecture and planning is very strong, but as yet has not been articulated in terms of demand for institutional change. This special open meeting will be a4 unique Opportunity to hear Professor Pete, Hall discuss these issues. Professor Peter Kall is Professer cf Geography at Reading, author of London 2000 and Confronted with this contradiction many architects and planners will claim that it is not their fault, or their responsibility, because they can only do what they are paid and told to do. The problem lies in the present system of patronage; whereby architects and planners are either working for public clients, where stifling e a ne 3 =5 — Dx --Mon18 Aug 6.30 : ifyoure an architect or a technician, assistant, surveyor, planner, secretary or receptionist INTERESTED IN YOUR JOB? CONCERNED ABOUT ARCHITECTURE? UNCERTAIN ABOUT YOUR FUTURE? thencomeandfindoutwhatTASSBuildingDesign Saco Staff Section can do for you at a special lunchtime -|% SO ERE SAS » LAMB&FLAGPubBedfordStWC2 bei AE 1pmTHURS18SEPT. Shee ; meeting at the Free Refreshments provided ‘ue nlc ane , 7.45 Motion - Free Trade Unions (See over page). 8.00 A.0.3. 8.10 Close of Meeting. BOS ELLIOT. Our Divisional Organiser, Bob Elliot, will be coming to the September Branch meeting. This will be an ideal Opportunity for members to raise problems at work, questions on union policy and other issues with Bob Elliot. NEXT MEET The next Branch meeting will be in the same place on Tuesday 28th October, 25th November and 16th Noverber. Branch Council will meet on Monday 13th October 10th November and lst December, The Annual General meeting at which elections for the New Year take place Mand with a bis party planned will be on 16th December. Members are reminded that motions for debate by the next Divisional Conference need to be discussed within our branch over the next three months. TASS-Building Design Staff and workin Covent Garden this is for you Published by TASS Building Design Staff Section - a union for all who work in the private sector of building design. TASS-Building Design Staff 7.37] The next mecting will be on Tuesday 23rd September at 6.30 p.m, at the Plytechnic of Central London (Staff Comson Room), 115 Cavendish Street, London W.1. (One block from the Relecom (Post Office) Tower. 6.30 Minutes of previous meeting. 6.32 6.50 Branch Officers Reports. Election of Working Party on alternative forms of practice. Reports from offices:- phen George & Partners ppard Epstein & Partners uld & Clarke nstein & Partners. The purpose of these office repord is to exhange information, views and ex hences gained within our own offices for the benefit of er ers. The reports will be concentrated on the d offices but other ports will be most welcomed. 7a 7.30 Recruitment Campain, * Introduction to TASS by Bob Elliot (Divisional Organiser). Sranch uncil will outline its proposals for an autumn campaign * Election of Recruitment Committee 7.45 n - Free Trade Unions over page). 8.00 A.0.3 8.10 Close of Meeting. BOB ELLIOT. Our Divisional Organiser, Bob Elliot, will be coming to the Septenber Branch meeting. This will be an ideal Opportunity for members to raise problems Work, questions on union policy and other issues with 5 The next Branch meeting will be in the | sane ce on Tuesday 28th October, 25th November and 16th November. Sranch Council will seet on Monday 13th Octoben 10th ber and lst December. The Annual General meeting at which elections r the New Year take place and with a big party planned will be on 16th December. Members are reninded that motions for debate by the next Divisional Conference need to be discussed within our branch over the next three months. ‘Tues 23Sept AGENDA ai NO —< sppymen mie © It is obviously easier to recruit if there is a substantial periphery of inter sted building design erployees. Our periphery is not too big and the Branch Council are looking to menbers for ideas for increasing this periphery. This could include special open meeting additional leaflets geared to single issue subjects, and social activities. The money is there, if there are members interested in organising these activities. HOUSING LEAFLET. Menbers will remember debating earlier this ar our policy on hous: following the Governments" then proposed Housing Bill. After a little difficulty witt paying bills, we have finally secured delivery of our new leaflet. One co enclosed with this Bulletin and additional copies will be available at the Branch meeting. FLET. The suggested Contract of Employment for building design staff working in the private sector is expected to very shortly printed and should hopefully be enclo with the next Bulletin. are reminded that fron June 1950, ing approval at the annual TASS Representatives Conference, subscriptions have deen increa d to keep pace with inflation, There are now only two groups of members:- Contracted In.Contracted Out. oup L 4Bp ekly 46p weekly Group 2 272 weekly 25p weekly Group 2 members are those earnin than £66 per week and special classes such as foreign, dual membership with another union, and those under rule 8 (6). rge and Partners and Shepherd Epstein and Partners) which should give positive examples of what member of TASS*BDS can offer. This will be followed by a discussion and close with refreshments at about 1.40 p.m. It will be an attractive and convenient way Recruiteent in our Division during July for members working in or around Covent was 73 which is lower than for the same Garden to bring along fellow employees time last year. Total number of who are considering joining. All members members in "he North London region is are encouraged to help make this meeting a 13,986. successful one, the independ control. rec the the tha with and Trade The September Branch Meeting will be the first - in a few mths- to look at the work, e fect one » Successes and failures of our Branch. With summer and the holiday atmosphere behind us, our Branch must look agressively at recruitment this autumn. The theme of all our planned act this autumn will be a recruitment drive aimed at consolidating our existing membership and incr teasing our membership in those offic where we alreadyt ye some members. Each of the Branch Council m recognises that this work is hard and often time-consuming. The task would be lessened if we were to find an enthusiastic Recruitment Any Takers LUNC icer. Two leaflets are enclosed advertising the first lunchtime meering organised by TASS+BDS n Covent den. Tt 2 ting will be on Thursday 18th September in the Lamb & Flag pud on Bedford Street, W.1. commencing at 12.50 p.m. This seeting marks the beginning of a determined recruitment drive this autumn. The meeting will be carefully structured with two ore reports from two typical offices - one unionised and one partly (St RECRUITPENT. Arrears. It has again Seen brought to the attention of the Division that there With the construction industry taking the are sone BDS rembers who are in arrears brunt of government expenditure cut-backs, to substantial amounts. The Sranch it is the disorganised private sector Council is keen to eradicate these which being at the mercy of market forces and members are encouraged to bring will be least capable - unlike the their cheque books to the meeting. organised publ sector - of withstanding Members are reminded that eligibility the impact of these cut-backs on salaries for benefits, is guaranteed only to and staffing levels. The only way salaried staff in the private sector can hope fo counter the high inflation rate and the increased nunber of redundancies is to learn the lessons of other professional groups who have formed thenselves into unions. An Opportunity really exists now for T, make major inroads inco the ranka of private sector architectural and allied building staff, those members who are not more than eight weeks in arrearg with subscriptions, Enrol your fellow employees to-day! OUR PE NEWS FROM DIV ruil ent. e il Tf iture White Paper (publ ed in me expenditure will decline from last year grows by 13%, health 5% and social security 4 3-84. This years cuts already amount to a reduction of by 1983-89, expenditure will be more than halved. ultimate Were fighting for the future of housing The Governments Spending cuts are plunging Sritain Into a housing isis as pub! house bullding grinds to a halt and morta oges dwindle. The Government Ow no coherent policy for housing and finance to suppore it. Its policy Is to end public housing by 1984. of 5% over the four year period. ducation faces a 10% cut, defence For the first time, a Goverrment Is planning that 8ritain, which has 30% council tenants, shou almost entirely on the private sector lowing for the fact that much of that allocation must be devoted to existing itments the conclusion must be that there will be no new provision except cial need housing In four years. ill bear a cut of close to 60% compared to an overall cut in public policies will spell out a disaster for employment at all levels building Industry with an estimated loss of 4,000 jobs or about 1 of all architectural and surveying jobs Current unemployment in the building industry nés at about 200,000. anphlet has been specially produced by Building Design Staff im TASS who are or a building Industry that is able to produce attractive, good itlhlA lil quality public and Pprivate housing 9 at a reasonable price and in quantities related k: WHAT ARE THE POLICIES OF THE RNME! jT TOWARDS ductions of nearl £1,000 millio his year in capital expenditure by Councils and Housing Associations on new housing provided either by new buildings or by conversion and modernisation By 1983-1984 e reduced Allowing for the fact that such of that expendit sust be devoted to existing commitments, there » for new first time, a Government is planing a Britain almost entirely t on the private sector, ions in rev nure grants to Councils and K sing Associations the sts managing and maintaining public housing. Promotion of owner occupation ormal' form of house and encouraging the sale of public housing. tover amillion households are ing to rent a flat or house from a Councils1. the Government, levy on for and bought by Sai? aR gar Ie ing Associations currently Ending Government insistence on min m Space and heating standa for Council and Housing Association new houses. encouraged to build on scarce agricultural land while land in inner cities falls out of use as dereliction Encouraging private housebuilding by insisting on the hasty approval |spreads, SPORT AND OTHER SERVICES. Accelerating the trend to sub- Urbanisation will further accentuate the division of cities into different zones, The extension and consolidation of separate areas for offices, shops and entertainment , industry and housing will place additional strain on buses, trains and roa Private housebuilding on surburban land also involves other indirect costs to the Community as a whole for the extension of drainage, gas, water and electrical services as well as the Provision of schools and other welfare services facilities. But these services cannot fall out of use in the inner city and costs of ®upporting declining inner city Communities in terns of policing and social work will continue to escalate. CONCLUSION of structu of green bels, plans and by= vetoing | IN D OF HOUSING? MAT WILL THE E POLICIES MEAI ENANTS OF PUBLIC HOUSI iG AND THOSE possible. In Hackney, for example, Council tenants face rent rises of about 20% and rates for the whole coumunity including Council tenants, are to rise by almost 50% this year. Even with drastic economies in Associations’ running costs, including maintenance, they will have even greater rent rises WHAT WILL THESE POLICIES MEAN FOR THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE? THE INNER CITY, Recent years have seen an incresingly wide acceptance of an ‘inner city problem resulting from the decay and obsolescence of the inner Victorian suburbs of our cities. Councils and Housing Associations have played a sajor role in revitalising such community areas through redevelopment and rehabilitation, in many places enabling inner city communities to survive. In all but a few cases of particularly attractive and well situated neighbourhoods, the costs of this work is too great for the private sector to undertake it profitably. The reduction in capital and revenue grants to inner city community areas coupled with a collapse in morale of communities living in then. The ending of Council's rights to buy land exempt of development land tax e° exacerbate this decline. LAND. AVAILABILITY EMPLOYMENT IN CONSTRUCTI oN, | In 1976 housebuilding maintenace for the public sector made up about 20% of the building workload and accounted for the e=ployment jobs of about 300,000 of the industries total workforce of 1.5 million,| Although difficult to assess, current unesployment in the industry could be as high as 200,000 before the current capital cuts take effect. At a time when orders for construction work for the private sector are falling off due to high Local Council or Housing Association. Of th se over 50,000 are registered as ess’. During the coming year due s in capital spending work will be started on only about 22,000 flats and h 5. This compares with an | equivalent number of about 134,000 ‘starts’ five years ago. Meanwhile the existing stocks of public housing are eroded by the deterioration of older building and by the sale of houses to e private market. It likely that Con: ve policies will result in a net reduction in public housing stocks and that new tenancies will become virtually unobtainable. Already 1 cil has decided to stop council house building, loans for mortgages and home improvement grants. In ond 9n, no new Council house contracts will be dispensed this year. STAN a Overone willion dwellings in England alone are in need of extensive repairs anterest rates, the effects of the reductions incapital spending on council and housing association housing is likely to be a dramatic increase in unesployment among building workers. The value of new Commissions received by private architects 000 or more. substantial proportion be Private housebuilding can only provide cheap housing on land that is both cheap and easy to develop and this is generally }virgin agricultrual land situated on the to Councils The costs of bo Councils and from ‘revenu: acco! receive a subsidy £ In the case of Councils this subsidyy, the R pport Grant, has been drastical cut, particularly for inner city ci s with la’ and expensive to maintain housin; eq © subsi Associations, the nue Deficit Grant a8 tot withdr1, altoogetheerr inintwotwo years. The money available for repairs will xbe strictly curtailed while the stocks of more desirable houses in good repair will be depleted by the sales drive so reducing the already limited chances for public sector tenants to get transferred to better houses. The abolition of minimum standards for and Ho’ mg Associations, carrying out these rep. irs is paid by surburban fringes of cities, The Government has already declared its intentions to encourage surburban development by vetoing plans by councils in the’ South-East to extend Green Belt areas where no development is permitted. Private housebuilders will be Housing Associations to build houses that are smaller and worse equipped in order to keep up the numbers of houses built, RENT in rents. Rents nevertheless | will still be pushed up as high as |over the next two years on rents that are already generally higher than those of Council tenants. The sale of the most desirable Council and Housing Association houses will also effect rente by increasing the burden of the cost of maintaining the older, less desirable to be shared among the remaining tenants, CONCLUSION CONSERVATIVE POLICIES ON HOUSING ARE AIMED AT STIGMATISING PUBLIC SECTOR TENURE AS A "SECOND CLASS' WAY OF LIFE, OFFERING POOR ACCOMMODATION AT HIGH S$, THE EFFECT OF THIS WILL BE TO ANTS’ ORGANSIATIONS AND DIVIDE PEOPLE INTO TWO TYPES, HOME TS. | Conservatives hope that private house- |builders will solve the problem of |shortages of houses in decent condition. entering production drawing stage decreased by 6% at current prices over the fourth quarter, equivalent to 9.5% at constant prices. SKILLS AND MANAGEMENT. Building and construction still relies extensively on manual skills, especially in housebuilding and repairs, yet, even in times of high unesployment, the ndustry is dogged by shortages of skilled labour, This problem can be ascribed to two factors both caused, in turn, by | the unstable demand for building work: firstly, a reluctance by building firms, particularly those of small and medius size, to train apprentices, and, secondly the reluctance of men and women to train for skilled jobs that offer little securit Management of building contracts also suffers from the stop-go nature of the |unsteady workflow resulting from the contracting system, Because the denand for Council and Housing Association housing is regulated by the Government rather than the market, it could offer a steady and planned workload for the industry and give real incentives for improved training and increased efficiency Instead the Conservatives are bent on minimising the benefits of a public sector housing workload for the industry. EMPLOYMENT OF BUILDING DESICN STAFF. The reductions in capital spending on Council and Housing Association house- building are likely to have an early effect on employment in architects offices in both public and private sectors. Statistics are not readily available for the workload of architects offices but it is likely that, in 1976, public sector housing accounted for about 20% of the workload by value of both sectors |fell by a further 5.8% at todays prices during the fourth quarter of 1979, or combined, In 1978 the Government invested about £2,000 million in hous- building and repair conversion of old buildings, and this work accounted for the jobs of about 8,000 salaried architects, architectural assistants d surveyors in both sectors. At th. time, roughly half this work was carried WHAT WILL THESE POLICIES MEAN FOR THE OONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY? COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE BY REDUC THE BURDEN OF TAXATION. BESI THE COSTS OF SERVICES NECESSA TO SUPPORT PRIVATE HOt EBUILDING | BORNE FROM RATES AND TAXES, CONSIDERABLE SOCIAL COSTS IN TERMS OP DERELICTION AND M RY ARE LIKELY TO RESULT, ** |Governnent- financed housing will tempt Councils an Reductions in revenue grants to Councils and Housing Associations will mean increased costs to tenants, either direct] or through rents or indirectly through Fates, Last year a record 100,000 People vere added to London's 200,000 waiting list. The alternative to stopping building - big rent rises - is most unlikely to be adopted by the Government. About half Council tenants at present receive rent rebates or |aa estoxee POLICIES ON HOUSING ARE DESIGNED TO REDUCE COSTS TO THE Supplenentary benefit so there is a | limit to the amount of Boney than can out by private architects offices. If, asexpected,the output of council and housing association flats and houses falls to 22,000 units this year that will mean jobs for a maxinum of 4,000 architectural staff, a loss of 4,000 jobs in two years or about 10% of all architectural and surveying jobs. The effects will be felt worse in local authority offices where public housing work makes up a large proportion of the workload in many cases. Staff in several authority architects" offices have responded by negotiating, through their Unions, a ban on the employment by their councils of private architectural firms on any new proj + This will further the plight of private ace which will also be faced with a falling workload due to the effect on private sector clients of high interest rates. WHAT CAN WE DO? Over the last few years the housing question has not been in the forefront of the political debate except at a theoretical level related to forms of tenure, Hoth major political parties have committed themselves to promoting owner-occupation as the ‘normal’ form of tenure, but this has tended to conceal the real issues of the cost, standards and availability of housing, Building Design Staff, through TASS, can play an important part in bringing these issues back into the political debate and to campaign for a building industry that is able to produce attractive, good quality housing at a reasonabic price and in quantities related to housing need. WHAT YOU CAN DO. Join TASS today! Salaried staff in architecture, surveying, engineering and planning ... like many employees in many other professional groups who are already organsied in trade unions .,. want a real voice in decisions which affect them at work, They wish to place enployer/emloyee relations on a more rational equitable and democratic basis. At the sane Cime, staff are increasingly concerned about the quality of architecture, the use to which it is put, the way their work is organised and often the lack of any job satisfactio As individuals they can achieve little, “| By organising together they can begin to take their rightful part in these decisions: in the office, in the profession, in the building industry and CONCLUSION. RVATIVE The Building Design Staff Section of TASS believes that the massive trade union movement has for too long ignored the important social issues which so dramatical lin society. affect Britain today. Building Design TRAIN ON PUBLIC CONCELV . NDING ARLY ILL to be an influential force on ental and other issues within TASS trade union movement at large. TASS today, by filling in the form below. > SHORT TERM, A DISASTER FOR AT ALL LEVELS BULLDING TERM, A FURTHER Staff in TASS are particularly well placed Join the Building Design Staff Section of It will require the massive organisation of the trade union movement to put forward) the axguments against these cutbacks and | to begin a debate as to what type of environment ~ both natural and built - we want in the future, The BDS aims to pursue in Che first instance the policy stated below through the democratic structure of TASS and to use its influence in industry and parlianent to campaign against these cutbacks. Join us today, The London BDS Branch recently passed the following:- This Branch deplores the policies of the Government towards housing. It considers that the effects of these policies - be they acknowledged as “housing policy’ or implicit in other government actions - will act against the interests of tenants or public sector housing, the community at large and the building industry. In particular, these policies will:- Reduce the quality and availability of public housing to unacceptably low levels and disrupt tenant and trade union organisation. 2. Entail unacceptable social costs on the community at large including dereliction of inner city areas, the waste of agricultural land and stress on other public services, Cause unaccpetable levels of unemployment in all parts of the construction industry and further impede its ability to produce efficiently and to a high standard | = -3 2< a a 3 é SLcod DONS POLICIES ON HOUSING WILL MEAN IN T ( w Dale ......10s Oentiensct Misi] Forenames Siccsecccsesneics your local representative or send it direct to: — Little Green, Richmond, Surrey TWS 10N. (w Weekly subscriptions 42p *) Mr., Home Address... lapply for membership of AUEW-TASS. All Particulars given on this form are true. |agree to abide by the Rules and Constitution of the Union HOW TO JOIN Fill in the form above and hand it to TASS Head Office, Onsiow Hall, Telephone: 01-948 2271 WHATDOEITCSOST? -. Surname ....... Date of Birth . Name and Address of Employer ........... Under 20 years; 180 i f + to sponsor a sports competition between London Practices in late Spring and Sumer. Sue Jackson ~ The Recruitment Office ~ will be organising a darts competition and has already been in touch with several offices who are willing to take part. Is your office represented? Get in touch with the Branch Secretary (Tin Wallbank on 946 A426 during office hours) conditions in the surveying professions was recently published in Building magazine. The survey was based on a random sample of one in five corporate members of the RICS building and quantity Surveying divisions, the Institute of Quantity Surveyors and the Society of Surveying Technicians L29 AGENDA Minutes of previous meeting Branch Councillors Report Election of Branch Delegate to the Division Council Report from Divisional Council Motions for debate Housing ~empty properties (see owy poe) Contract of Employment Main item of Discussion "BRANCH LIFE This meeting is aimed at discussing the recruit- ment and organisation of the Branch. To assist in this, members are asked to prepare cither verbal or written reports of the Situation relating to their offices. This is intended to provide Report of Housing Working Party Any Other Business Close of Mecting SURVEYORS LATEST SALARIES At the last Branch meeting, it was agreed The first major survey of pay and As with architectural staff, it is the and ask for details, The league is open employees in private pr ce and in to all London offices employing building building contracting firms who are the desion staff in the private sector. lowest paid amongst all grades of telling conference what salaried architects think about that. surveyors. aul JLog$GA4Wp be.next Sranch Meetin will be Tuesday 29th April, 1980 at 6.30pm in the qsaff commom room at the Polytechnic of Central London, 4 valuable exchange of information and experiences between members. ‘BUILDING DESIGN:-LONDON BRANCH i 115 New Cavendish gi Street, ONDON W (one block from the GPO Tower). RIBA CONFERENCE Median earnings for a building surveyor The AIBA is orqganisi its annual is £7541 and for quantity surveyor £6957 conferen fram July !6-15 on the theme This compares with the AJ/TASS survey in ‘The City: Archite re and Politics." Janaury 1979 of a median for salaried cco ng to the RISK the intention oF architects in private practice of £5664 the iference is to discuss “the Although better paid than architectural rela Nnships between architecture and staff, the differences between employment politics,’ so they have invited Michael Heseltine to give a talk on the Gove views of cities and the qual life and environment they provide! Are there any merbers who would be interested in going along and field in surveying are nevertheless signif nt and spel! out again that staff] In the public sector do better because they are organised. Find out more what TASS can do for you. Come to the monthly branch meeting. At 9975 constant onces The March meeting, the second in a series of meetings specially intended to focus attention on certain key areas of concern included in the last Bulletin, It has As notedlast month, new architects commissions continued to fal in the istquaroft1e97r9,though byfar upon the provision of housing as a result of the public spending cutbacks The discussion was opened by a general introduction to a well researched Paper by a member of the Working Party which was followed by a general debate. The Paper was set with general approval and Some suggesCions were sade for improving it. (It is enclosed with this Bulletin). The purpose of the docurent is to help formulate a BDS policy on housing, which with the passage of time will need co be revised and up-dated. This part of the meeting was closed by debates on the two sotions put forward on housing policy, The first was to endorse the Paper and the second to propose action to be implemented by the London branch for its future dissemination, Both were overwhelmingly passed with an amendment to the second, after a lively debate. The content of the motions showed that @ specialist section of a trad union, such a8 ours, has a unique role to play in Crade union activity. Trade Unions can be effective means to press for constructive social and economic policies as well as protection for the Fights of their members. Tim Wallbank (Secretary). Opportunity with this Bulletin. Please remember that for the Branch to be effective we need up-to-date membership records. Please help us to help you, Fill in the questionaire and return to the Branch Registrar at 4 Boothby Road, London N.19, TASS Building Design Staffs QUESTIONAIRE. The purpose of this questionaire is to up-to-date the Branch records. It is onl with accurate records that the Sranch T be effective. So help yourself by fi s8 Chan in the third quarter (2.8% aN! LF) Altogether inthe secured hulfof Lest year they fell 18- <0onthelevelofthefirsthalfof in the questionaire and returning to the BDS BRANCH, REGISTRAR, 4 MOTION 1 In der Co somewhat of t the Gisastrous results of the present Covernment's Housing Policy cuts that this Branch supports the occupation, by homeless people, vacant dwellings for which there are no prospective antending occupiers in both the private and public sectors and cspecially such Council Properties as have been put up for sale. EMPLOYMENT BELL The Governzent has published its proposals for the ‘Employment Bill.' The TUC has called it unfair, unnecessary and dangerous The new 8111, contrary to the view held by Size of Office: .. That this Branch recommends to the TASS Executive that supporc for such occupations become Union Policy. responsible manner. MARCH MEETING REPORT UESTIONAIRE QUESTIDNATAE for TASS-BDS members and the construction industry in general, was again a well Organised and well supported meeting, however been decided to continue to send the bulletin to all members automatically and to non-members who wish to be added to the mailing list. If you're a non- ember, how about joining TASS-BDS and ensure your own copy of the monthly Bulletin. For those who have still nor The sajor item of discussion was the issue | of Government Housing Policy, in particular] the significance of the Tory proposals for new housing legislation and the effece | filled in the questionaire there is anoth many people that the proposed legislation is being introduced to curb ‘Violence and Bullying’ on the pic et 1lines is in face, a major attack on established trade union rights. It will dramatically shift the onus of proof in many industrial situations from the employer to the employee. If furthersore will enable many more c¢ loyers particularly small ones such as architect- ural and surveying practices to duck their No. Who is the Corresponding Menmbe What is the possibility for recruitment senor obligation to treat employees in a fair and Are you fully paid up ee eececcescces How do you pay you Union subscriptions? That support for such occupations be Hany of the rights established under eany Standing Order, Cheque etc; Are you a TASS-BDS } recommended as TUC Policy and be Given the widest possible press and media publicity. Proposer: - Anna Lieffé IN. B. A paper giving background informatio and figures will be tabled at the meeting. years of negotiation are now under threat. On the 14 May 1980, the TUC is organising a Day of Action. Obviously most members will not be able to participate in these days of acti 4 vities, but it will inevitably | If do you intend to becone a topic of conversation. Use the Opportunity to defend unions and encourage Gebate on the benefits of unionisation Do you wish to conc inue Co recieve among private sector building design staff. the Bulletin Join TASS now The Branch Registrar wishes to thank all those who replied to the questionaire i » RE TRAR, 4 Boothby Road, London N19, If you wish to contir * to receive the Branch Bulletin and other union literaturé you must return this questionaire by Monday 3iset March. Name: Address: Tel.No Place of WOrk: cevcoccecencuvccccscccee Address: Tel.No.: TASS Menbers IN79, Likewise work entering pretuchon drawing Stage is stil Gilling. by some 39-59 per quarter Serres RIBA BRANCH MEETINGS. The February meeting was the first of the new type of branch meeting which e devoted to one key issue. These tings now commence promptly at 0.30 p.m. and close at 8,30 p.m, They are informative and provide a forum fo the exchange of ideas and experiences at work, They can only be useful, if ALL menbers make every effort toattend, Meetings are open to non-members (although they cannot vote), so ensure that your friends come too, QUESTI IRE. A questionaire has beeen enclosed with the Bulletin, The Branch Council is endeavoring to re-organise and up- date branch membership records. We now have a new energetic Registrar, lielp her to help you. Please fill in the questionaire and return to the Secretary. Unfortunately we cannot afford to pay for the return postage, ut if you want fo continue to receive the new monthly bulletin, you gust return the questionaire, The suggested Contract of Enploymenr for staff working in building design offices was discussed in great detail at the last Branch meeting with several @zendments and suggestions made, The Branch Council has now discussed these @zendments and incorporated the Suggestions into the final drafc Contract of Ecployment. This will be presented at the March meeting together with a motion, NEWS FROM THE DIVISION. * A new full-cine official has now beenappointed to the Bushey Office (near Watford) which serves our branch. He is Howell John, who will Supplement Bob Elliot who was several months ealier appointed to the Division as well, This will now ease the burden among the Bushey office staff and should result in a much improved service to members. 60 members were recruited to the division in January 1980, To mect the effects of inflation, the Executive Council of the Union has proposed to increase the members subscription rate by 6p per week to be effective from ist June 1980. This will mean a weekly rate of 46p (still less than a pint of beer!) or £5.98 quarterly. So far £10,500 has been raised by TASS members for the steel workers dispute. After the massive TUC organised demonstration against the cut- backs, remember the TUC Rally on the theme "Education and the Cuts’ on 29th April and the Carnival against the cuts on 26th May. A draft document, prepared by the Division, on the Conservative Government's policies and their effect is due to be presented for final debate at one of the near Divisional Council meetings. A copy of it will be circulated at the next Branch meeting. TASS SPORT. The Branch is considering sponsoring a Sporting competition between London practices in late spring and summer. At the next Branch meeting a working group will be set-up to look into the various possibilities open to the Branch If you're interested in squash, cricket, 5 a side football or less active sports like darts, then come to the next Branch meeting. The next meeting will be on Tuesday 25th March at 6.30 p.m. in the Staff Compon Room at the Polytechnic of Central London, 115 New Cavendish Stree, W.1. (one block from the GPO Tower). AGENDA,| 6.30 1. Minutes of previous meeting. 2. Branch Council Report, CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT - Motion. This Branch endorces the Suggested Contract cf Employment. The Branch recognises that in the private sector of building design, many employees have no standard contract of employment. Moreover, the Branch recognises that conditions and pay vary enormously between offices and even between exployees of a Similar status within the same office. A sound contract of employment mutually agreed between two parties, if effectively used could be a crucial factor in achieving genuin improvements in the pay and conditions of salaried members in building design offices The Branch therefore commits the Branch Council and individual menbers to raise the demands in their offices as and when most appropriate to the achievement of the goals outlined above. 7.15 MAIN ITEM OF DISCUSSION, THE GOVERNMENTS HOUSING POLICIES - What do they mean? What should our response as Architects and Building Designers be? See enclosed docusents and notion. REPORTS: C.M's. to prepare reports on their offices, Formation of Working Group on Malcolm MacEwen meeting. 4.0.8. Close of meeting. el / A birds eye view of the building in which our branch metings areheld = The Polytechnic of | TASS Building Design Staffs ~ London Branch | QUESTIONAIRE. The purpose of this questionaire is to bring up-to-date the Branch records. It is only with accurate records that the Branch can be effective, So help yourself by filling in the questionaire and returning to the BDS BRANCH, RECISTRAR, 4 Boothby Road, London N.19. If you wish to continue to receive the Branch Bulletin and other union literature you must return this questionaire by Monday 3lst March. . teem wwe nn ne eeseseeee THeenweeneeeseeereeessesesee | TOR eeee ewes een eeenneeasseeene Place Of Work: .cscescccccccecsececcers organised and in far more confortable (Council for 1980/81., Iwo members, Norman useful nature, What clearly envisaged racted to the RIBA. was that conditions of employment REPORT OF FEBRUARY MEE ARCUX SUCCESS FOR TASS MEMBERS | AGULOESTice ccuuccscacicsecieseavecasiecas TEL NOL? ‘cceccsccccscsccecccesercccose The February meeting was undoubtedly In the recent ARCUK elections all 6 | the most su-cessful Branch meeting for | TASS - BDS members standing were | several months. Well attended, well elected to the Architects Registration Surroundings at is new venue in the main Arnold and Eddie Walker aro from the building of Central London Polytechnic, |TASS Leads Branch, and four are from The meeting was the first of a serics the London Branch, they are: specifically designed to help formulate | No. of TASS Members Who is the Corresponding Member: of Employment. Perhaps because conditions of employment are such a Significant aspect of working life for all BDS members in all offices the discussion, which covered very generalpointsaswellasaclause by clause analysis of the proposed form of Contract, was of a consistently enjoyable as well as 68 seats are not open to election, but the great majority are filled by RIBA's | nominees. All 9 elected Councillors will be campaigning for a more open and accountable ARCUK, made representative oftheprofessionbydirectelection of all Councillors, for lay representation | |po you wish to continue to recieve on ARCUK, and for the restoration of ARCUK the Branch Bulletin: ....csccescees control over education presently sub=cont- useful essential though they are, are no substitute for collective action to improve working conditions ~ only a useful tool, AND THAT MEANS THOSE OF YOU WHO MISSED THIS MEETING COME ALONG TO THE NEXT MEETING. One of the reforms the TASS group on ARCUK will be pressing for is the ending of the } RIBA 'closed shop' still operated bymany Jocal authorities and private employers, and the subject of recent discussion by the fondon Branch. ARCUK will be called upon to affirm that RIHA membership is not essential to practise as an architect and should not be stated as a condition of employment, ITS YOUR BRANCH!!! : 1;| Size of Office: .....e.0. 4; .sbtule John Allan 734-8577 David Burney 734-8577 David Roebuck 267-5604 Hartou Roberts 240-2440 OCs | |What is the possibility for a BDS ‘Policy’ on issues that affect | Building Design Staff and the construction industry in general. After @ bluct report on Lie recent TASS Divisional Conference in which the | Branch, through its selected motions Former London Branch Member John Murray, and its delegates, played a very |who is now a NALGO Member in the Public | prominent part, the sain bulk of the |Sector, was also elected and this group meeting was given over to a discussion | hold seven of the nine elected seats on | Standing Order, Cheque etc; of the BDS "suggested" form of Contract the Council. The remainder of the Councils leg |Recruitment cmloeecscredansetscsssaeen ] | meen oe TA ge Geter se en Are you fully paid up? ........cee005 | | How do you pay you Union subscriptions? Are you a TASS*BDS Member: .... A nae If not, do you intend to join: ODOC GOOG) (el CentralLondon,115NewCavendishStreet,W.1. cy pI h Q If you have not yet returned the AJ “ARCUK' questionnaire do it now - it is not too late. Response so far shows that 21% of registered architects who consider themselves “unattached” did not receive voting papers in the last ARCUK election. If this is representative, then many architects are being needlessly disenfranchised and the possible strength of elected Councillors reduced. If you or your colleagues are “unattached” and did not receive voting Papers, send your name, business address and registration number (if known) to: The Elected ARCUK Councillors C/o The Branch Secretary 2a The Laylands, Viewfield Road | LONDON SW17, | HOUSINGPAPEREis 1WHAT ARE THE POLICIES OF THE CONSERVATIVE GOVERNMENT TOWARDS PUBLIC HOUSING? * Reductions in capital expenditure Spending by Councils and Housing Associations on new housing provided either by new buildings or by conversion and modernisation of old buildings. * Reductions in revenue grants to Councils and Housing Associations | which offset the costs of managing and maintaining public housing. * Promotion of owner occupation as the ‘normal’ form of houses tenure and ecouraging the sale of public housing. * Ending exemption fron Development Land Tax (currently a 60% levy on | land deals) for land bought by Councils, | * Ending Government insistence on Binisum space and heating standards for Council and Housing Association new houses. * Encouraging private housebuilding by insisting on the hasty approval of structure plans and by vetoing Councils’ plans for the extension of green belts. } WHAT WILL THESE POLICIES MEAN FOR TENANTS OF PUBLIC HOUSING AND THOSE IN NEED OF HOUSING? AVAILABILITY. get transferred to better houses. The abolition of minimum standards for Governnent=Financed housing will tempt Councils and Housing Associations to build houses that are smaller and worse equipped in order to keep up the numbers of houses built. RENT. Reductions in revenue grants to Councils and Housing Associations will sean increased costs to tenants, either directly through rents or indirectly through the rates. In Hackney, for example, council tenants face rent rises of about 20% and rates for the whole community, including council tenants, 2 WHAT WILL THESE POLICIES MEAN FOR THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE? | ' THE INNER CITY Recent years have seen an increasingly wide acceptance of an ‘inner city problem resulting from the decay and obsolescence of the Inner Victorian suburbs of our cities. Councils and Housing Associations have played a major role in revitalising such communities areas through redevelop ment and rehabilitation, in many places enabling inner city communities to survive. In all but a few cases of particularly attractive and well situated neighbour~ hoods, the costs of this work Is too Qreat for the private sector to under- take it profitably. The reduction in capital and revenue grants innercity communities areas’ tbupled with a collapse in morale of comminities living In them. The ending of Council's rights to buy land exempt of development land tax will exacerbate this decline. | LAND Conservatives hope that private hous builders will solve the problem of shortages of houses in decent condition. Private housebuilding can only provide Cheap housing on land that is both cheap | and easy to develop and this is generally virgin agricultural land situated on the surburban fringes of cities. The Govern ment has already declared its Intentions WORKING PEOPLE INTO TWO TYPES, HOME Currently over a rillion households are OWNERS AND TENANTS. IT WILL ALSO are to rise by almost 50% next month. Housing Association tenants will be even worse off, Even with drastic economies in Associations’ running costs, including maintenance, they will have even greater rent rises over the next two years on rents Chat are already generally higher than those of council tenants. The sale of the most desirable Council and Housing Association houses will also effect rents by increasing the burden of the cost of maintaining the older, less desirable to shared among the remaining tenants. CONCLUSION. CONSERVATIVE POLICIES ON HOUSING ARE AIMED AT STIGMATISING PUBLIC SECTOR TENURE AS A 'SECOND CLASS’ WAY OF LIFE, OFFERING POOR ACCOMMODATION AT HIGH PRICES. THE EFFECT OF THIS WILL BE TO | te ; a . WEAKEN TENANTS* ORGANISATIONS AND DIVIDE courege suiburt evetopwcnt by vetoing plans by councils in the South- East to extend Green Belt areas where Waiting to rent a flat or house fron a DISRUPT TRADE UNION ORGANISATIONS’ AS no development is permitted. Private Local Council or Housing Association. Of these over 50,000 are registered as "homeless’. During the coming year due to cuts in capital spending work will be started on only about 22,000 flats and houses. This compares with an equivalent number of about 134,000 ‘starts’ about five years ago. Meanwhile the existing stocks of public housing are eroded by the deterioration of older buildings and by the sale of houses to the private market. It is likely that Conservative policies will result in a net reduction in Public Housing stocks and that new tenancies will become virtually unobtainable. STANDARDS. } Over one million dwellings in England alone are in need of extensive repairs costing £2,000 or sore. Of these a substantial proportion belong to Councils and Housing Associations. The costs of carrying out these repairs is paid ly both Councils and Housing Associations fron ‘revenue’ accounts which currently receive a subsidy from the Government. In the case of Councils this subsidy, the Rate Support Grant, has been drastically cut, particularly for inner city councils with large and expensive to maintain housing stocks. The equivalent subsidy to Housing Associations, the Revenue Deficit Grant is to be withdrawn altogether in two years. The money available for repairs will be strictly curtailed while the stocks of nore desirable houses in good repair will be depleted by the sales drive so reducing the already limited chances for public sector tenants to MANY OF THE NEW HOME OWNERS WILL BE TIED DOWN BY MASSIVE MORTGAGE REPAYMENTS AND BE UNDERSTANDABLY RELUCTANT TO LEND THEIR WEIGHT TO INDUSTRIAL ACTION. housbuilders will be encouraged to build on scarce agricultural land while land i: | Accelerating the trend to sub-urbanisa- tion will further accentuate the division of cities into different zones. The extension and consolidation of separate areas for offices, shops and entertain- ment, industry and housing will place additional strain on buses , trains a roads, Private housebuilding on & surturban land also involves other indirect costs to the community as a whole for for the extension of drainage gas, water and clectrical services as wel as the provisioyx of schools and other welfare services facilities. But these services cannot be fall out of use in the inner city and the costs of Supporting declining inner city conmunities in terms of policing and social work will continue to escalate. CONCLUSION: CONSERVATIVE POLICIES ON HOUSING ARE DESIGNED TO REDUCE COSTS TO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE 8Y REOUCING THE BURDEN OF TAXATION. BESIDES THE COSTS OF SERVICES NECESSARY TO SUPPORT PRIVATE HOUSEBUILDING? BORNE FROM RATES AND TAXES CONSIDERASLE SOCIAL COSTS IN TERMS OF DERELICTION AND MISERY ARE LIKELY TO RESULT. Inner cities falls out of use as dereliction Spreads. “ | } TRANSPORT AND* OTHER SERVICES EMPLOYMENT IN CONSTRUCTION responded be negotiating, through their unions, a ban on the employment by their councl|!s of private architectural firms on any new project. This will worsen further the plight of private practice which will also be faced with a falling workload due to the effect on private sector clients of high interest rates. CONCULSION: WHAT CAN WE 00? Over the last few years the housing question has not been in the forefront | of the political debate except at a theoretical level related to forms of tenure. ®oth major political parties have committed themselves to promoting owner-occupation as the ‘normal’ form of enure, but this has tenddd to conceal the real issues of the cost, standards SKILLS AND MANAGEMENT Bullding construction still relies extensively on manual skills, especially in housebuilding and repairs, yet, even in times of high unemployment, the dustry Is dogged by shortages of skilled Mbour. This problem can be ascribed to | ace \ a)‘\ MOTION S OO 1) This branch deplores the policies of the present government towards housing. It considers that the effects of these policies be they acknowledged as ‘housing policy’ or feplicit in other government actions, will act against the Interests of tenants of public sector housing the community at large and the building industry. In particular, these policies will: a) reduce the quality and avallabilic of-public housing: to unacceptably low levels and disrupt tenant and trade union organisation. b) entail unacceptable social costs on the community at large includ- ing dereliction of inner city areas the waste of agricultural land and stress on other public services. ¢) cause unacceptable levels of unemployment in all parts of the construction industry and further impede Its ability to produce effictently and,to a high standard, 2) This branch accepts the report of the Branch Working Party on Conservative Housing Policy and commends it to the attention of the TASS National Executive. twi factirs: firstly both caused, in turn, by the unstable demand for building work:|! firstly, a reluctance by building firms, particularly those of small and medium size, to train apprentices, and, secondly the reluctance of men and women’to train for skilled jobs that offer little security, MNonagem nt of bullding contractc also suffers from the stop-go nature of the unsteady workflow resulting from the contracting system, Because the demand for Counci! and Housing Association housing is regulated by the Government rather than the market, it could offer a steady and planned workload for the Industry and give real incentives for ieproved training and increased efficiency. Instead the Conservatives are bent on minimising the benefits of a public sector housing workload for the industry. EMPLOYMENT OF ARCHITECTURAL STAFF The reductions in capital spending on ounct! and Housing Association house- | wilding are likley to have an early effect on employment in architects offices in both public and private sectors. i Statistics are not-readily available for the workload of architects offices but it is likely that, In 1976, public sector housing accounted for about 20% of the workload by value of both sectors combined. In 1978, the Government invested about £2,000 million in house- building and repair conversion of old buidlings, houses and this work accounted for the Jobs of about 8,000 salaried architects, architectural assistants and surveyors In both sectors. At that time, roughly half this work was carried out by private architects offices. If, as expected, the output of council and housing association flats and houses falls to 22,000 units this year that will mean jobs for a maximum of 4,000 architectural staff, a loss of 4,000 jobs in two years or about 10% of all architectural and surveying Jobs. The effects will be felt worse in local authority architects for offices where public housing work makes up a large proportion of the workload of in many Staff In several local authority 4 architects' offices have already cases. CONSERVATIVE POLICIES ON HOUSING WILL MEAN IN THE SHORT TERM, ADISASTER FOR EMPLOYMENT AT ALL LEVELS IN THE BUILDINGTM® and availability df housidg. It is up | INDUSTRY, AND, IN THE LONG TERM, A FURTHER to us to play our part, through TASS in! DISPERSION OF SKILLED WORKERS FROM THE INDUSTRY AND DISCENTIVES FOR PROPER * TRAINING. THE REDUCTIONS IN SPENDING ON PUBLIC HOUSING ARE PARTICULARLY ILL CONCEIVED AT A TIME WHEN INTEREST RATES ARE AT RECORD LEVELS. bringing these Issues back into the political debate and to campaign for @ building industny, that is able to produce attreotive, good quality housing at a-reasbnable price and in quantities related: to houging need. WHAT WILL THESE POLICIES MEAN FOR THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY? In 1976 housebullding maintenance for the pbulic sector made up about 20% of the building workload and accounted for the employment Jobs of about 300,000 of the Industries total workforce of 1.5 million. Although difficult to assess, current unemployment In the Industry could be as high as 200,000 before the current capital cuts take effect. At a time when orders for construction work for the private | sector are falling off due too high interest rates, the effects of the reductions In capital spending on council and housing association housing Is likely to be a dramatic increase In unemploy- ment among building workers. ~~ AUEW-TASS DECEMBER BRANCH BULLETIN 1) REPORT ON NOVEMBER MEETING 2) Following brief branch officer's reports, the meeting approved nominees for the various regional and executive committee posts currently requiring the election of new officers and the remainder of the meeting was concerned with discussions of particular issues and items raised by members themselves from the floor. Amongst these was a report from members who attended the Divisional Quarterley meeting in Watford at which the guest speaker was T.A.S.S. General Secretary Ken Gill. Undetered by gross navigational failures the group arrived in time to hear this address and in particular noted Ken Gills’ apparently critical reflections upon the movement of power away from branches towards Divisions. Girma Moges, recently returned from Yugoslavia, gave a brief report of the state of his appeal against the A.C.A.S. rejection of his claim for unfair dismissal. Nothing could be a more graphic illustration of the vulnerability of individuals when in conflict with powerful employers if unaided by strong union representation as, due to circum- stances, was the situation in Girmas' case. NEXT MEETING THE NEXT MEETING, IN DECHMBER, WILL BE THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. APART FROM THE ELECTION OF OFFICERS TO SERVE ON NEXT YEARS' COUNCIL, HARRY SMITH, THE RETIRING NATIONAL ORGANIZER OF T.A.S.S. WILL ATTEND THE MEETING AS OUR GUEST. AS MOST OF YOU WILL KNOW, HARRY WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE INITIATION OF THE B.D.S. SECTION OF T.A.S.S. SOME 2and a half YEARS AGO AND WE ARE SURE THAT MEMBERS NEW AND OLD WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO HIM BEFORE HIS RETIREMENT IN DECEMBER CONTINUED .. Viewfield Road Sw18 Building Design Staff LONDON BRANCH SECRETARY 40 Leylands es AND QUITE APART FROM THE DELIGHTS OF BRANCH ELECTIONS AND HARRY SMITH, THERE WILL, OF COURSE, BE SOME BOTTLES OF UNIQUE "CHATEAU ONSLOW HALL" AND OTHER LESS RARE VINTAGES AVAILABLE FOR CONSUMPTION AND HAND-TO-HAND COMBAT AFTER THE MEETING !! DONT FORGET - PUT DECEMBER 11 IN YOUR DIARTES NOW!! 3) BRANCH ELECTIONS As indicated above, these will take plage at the December A.G.M. and will consist of elections for the following posts and any other the branch may feel are desirable: CHAIR # VICE CHAIR SECRETARY TREASURER REGISTRAR If the branch is to continue to organize effectively in the Building Design Industry, it is essential that we elect an energetic and active branch council to assist its efforts and those of individual members. Please do your bit"to ensure that this happens by attending the December Meeting and voting or better still by standing for office yourself. 4) DIVISIONAL CONFERENCE 5) The Divisional Conference next year will take place on February 23rd and, as usual, the branch is invited to submit two motions for its consideration and to send two delegates, in addition.to the D.C. delegate. This business will be dealt with at the January branch meeting but motions for consideration at this meeting must be received by the Secretary, in writing, for inclusion on the Agenda of this meeting. Members are therefore urged to consider this matter immediately and to submit suggestions for motions or motions themselves to the Secretary as soon as possible BUT NOT LATER THAN TUESDAY JANUARY 8&. SHEFFIELD CONFERENCE OF SCHOOLS OF ARCHITECTURE COUNCIL The branch working party met several times during the last month and produced a brief statement to be included in the conference papers and the material for a 7T.A.S.S. - B.D.S. stand to be exhibited during the conference - including a branch banner !! Several branch members are expecting to attend all or part of the conference and there will be a short report on its outcome at the next branch meeting. Continued# 6) 6) C.A.I.7.S. CONFERENCE The annual conference of the Centre for Alternative Industrial and Technological Systems will have taken place before the next meeting and since the branch has taken a continuing interest in the centre and its activities it is expected that a report will be given at the next branch meeting by branch members who attended the Conference. 7) N.A.M. CONGRESS 5) 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) Following last month's annual congress the various N.A.M. special interest groups will be meeting to discuss N.A.M.'s future strategy and will report back to a special conference in March, 1980. THE NEXT MEETING IS THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AND WILL BE HELD AT 6.30 ON DECEMBER 11 1979 AT POLYTECHNIC OF CENTRAL LONDON, 115 NEW CAVENDISH STREET:—"=ONE STREET AWAY FROM THE G.P.O. TOWER. THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A SOCIAL RECRUITMENT"OPEN" MEETING PLEASE BRING A COLLEAGUE OR THREE WITH YOU WHEN YOU COME THIS TIME AND PERHAPS, WITH A LITTLE WINE, THEY'LL SIGN. DECEMBER AGENDA CHAIRMAN'S SUMMARY OF THE YEARS'ACTIVITIES CONFERENCE REPORTS ELECTIONS A.O.B. CHRISTMAS SOCIAL A branch souncil meeting is hereby convened for the same evening. In the event of a quorum not being present for the general meeting the branch council meeting will commence thirty minutes after the advert- sud time for the general meeting. Members, who are not brancn councillors, but who are in attendance, will be co-opted, with full voting powers, to the branch council for the duration of the meeting. Please consult rule 16 (e) Members are urged to attend the meeting to ensure that it is unnecessary to have recourse to this expedient. .PLEASE CIRCULATE THIS NOTICE TO ALL MEMBERS IN YOUR OFFICE AUEW-TASS LONDON BRANCH SECRETARY : 40 LEYLANDS, VIEWFIELD ROAD, LONDON SW18 NOVEMBER BRANCH BULLETIN 1) REPORT ON OCTOBER MEETING Although Bob Elliot, our new Divisional Organizer, was unable to attend the meeting owing to illness and pressure of work, there was a very productive discussion of branch business and reports from members' offices. One of the most significant aspects to arise from the latter was that through the medium of collective action on the part of staff (organised primarily by B.D.S. members) a well known central London practice has recently been persuaded to give its employees a rise in excess of 20%, well before the date on which the partners had previously intended to review salaries. If improvement of this scale can be achieved by collective action on an "unorganized" basis it is clear that the gains to be made by staff in an organised office could be very considerable, in whatever directions the employees selected ! During the meeting it was agreed that the branch would go ahead with its arrangements for the usual Christmas Social Evening to which the National Organizer, Henry Smith would be invited in view of his pending retirement. This "open" meeting will be held on December 11 at a venue yet to be arranged. PUT THIS DATE IN YOUR DIARIES NOW. BRANCH ELECTIONS As you may already have noted there will as usual be branch elections at the December branch meeting in order to select officials for the following year. The posts listed in last months' selection will be open for nominations, with the exception of the post of Divisicnal Council Delegate, which further investigation has revealed will not be open for elections until March 1980. However, nominations for the following posts are still invited and should preferably be registered with the Secretary at the November branch meeting. Chair, Vice-Chair Secretary Treasurer Registrar Recruitment Officer Press Officer (or any others the branch may consider necessary or desirable THINK NOW ABOUT OFFERING TO SERVE AS A BRANCH OFFICIAL YOURSELF !! 2) Building Design Staff 3) N.A.M. CONFERENCE The Annual Congress of the New Architecture Movement will be held on November 9, 10 and 11 at the Bedford Community Centre in Emerald Street, WCl1. N.A.M. was of course the organisation that helped to Hund our section of T.A.S.S. and members are urged to attend. The theme is “Accountability to the User and Democracy in the Building Industry" and there will be a Saturday workship on Unions and the Professional. Full details are available from N.A.M. at 9, Poland Street, W.1. SHEFFIELD CONFERENCE : SCHOOLS OF ARCHITECTURE COUNCIL Brian Anson, now Chairman of the S.A.C. is organising a national conference of schools of Architecture at Sheffield and the branch has decided to send an exhibition stand and hopefully some delegates. A small working party is to be set up. Please come to the November meeting if you are interested and contact the secretary. B.D.S. IN THE ARCHITECTS JOURNAL If you haven't already - read the branch's letter in the AJ of 24 October 1979-and the AJ editorial to which it refers. NEXT MEETING The next meeting on November 13 will be held at our usual venue at P.C.L. Union in Bolsover Street, this time in the second floor committee room. 4) 5) 6) 1) 4) AGENDA - NOVEMBER MEETING BRANCH OFFICER'S REPORTS A.O.B, x A branch council meeting is easy convened for the same evening. In the event of a quorum not being present for the general meeting the branch council meeting will Commence thirty minutes after the acvert- sed time for the generai meeting. Members, who are not branch councillors, but who are in attendance, will be co-opted, with full voting powers, to the branch council for the duration of the meeting. Please consult rule 16 (e) Members are urged to attend the meeting to ensure that it is unnecessary to have recourse to this expedient. .PLEASE CIRCULATE THIS NOTICE TO ALL MEMBERS IN YOUR OFFICE NOVEMBER BRANCH MEETING WILL BE HELD AT THE POLYTECHNIC OF CENTRAL LONDON UNION, 104-108 BOLSOVER STREET, LONDON W 1 FROM 630 to 8.30 ON’ TUESDAY NOVEMBER 13, 2) SPECIAL BUSINESS : ELECTIONS OF DIVISIONAL PRESIDENT, SECRETARY. AND ALSO FOR; EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER DEPUTY E.C. MEMBER N.W.S.C. REP DEPUTY N.W.S.C. REP 3) OFFICEREPORTS We —_—_ AUEW-TASS Building Design Staff 2. N.A.C. Meeting London Branch Secretary 2B Oakhill Road SW15 BRANCH BULLETIN MAY 793 ie REPORT ON APRIL BRANCH MEETING Before the branch meeting, Nigel Cross spoke on the promises and threats of Computer Aided Design in Architect's offices. In his experience the promises were very difficult to establish, except from an emotional standpoint, those working in the field being very reluctant to evaluate the effectiveness of their experiments. He had found that in many architectural experiments though the computer should have proved more efficient than the humans this did not prove to be so. In the discussion that followed several members queried whether of CAD really depended upon its proven designer's tool or whether its advancement hands of Office Principals and Managers who would support its adoption if this could be justified in terms of a reduction in staffing requirements or in increased from individual employees. The feeling of the meeting was that the widescale introduction of computer was near at hand but that no immediate response these who will be affected was possible. The branch may however feel that this members themselves could effectively investigate a view to suggesting what action could in future be taken. Members interested in formkng such a working group Should contact, in the first instance, the branch During the branch meeting itself, there was a discussion on the forthcoming meeting of the TASS-BDS National Advisory Council on May 8th. Those council members present were reminded of those topics on which the London Branch is still awaiting information; namely :- when are the Support Staff Leaflet, BDS Newsletter and Standard Contract of Employment to be printed and when will information on the progress of recruitment among Architectural and other building design employees outside of London be available. By our next branch meeting the NAC will have met and we can expect a thorough report on these matters, SO crucial to our own recruitment drive. the future value as a rested in the issue is one which with output techniques from secretary. 3. SALARY AND ENOLOYMENT CONDITIONS SURVEY The results of the survey have now been prepared and should be published in the A.J. towards the end of May. However there will be a full preview report at the May branch meeting followed by a discussion of the implications. It's your chance to scoop the A.J. 4, JUNE MEETING The June 5 meeting will, as indicated in the last bulletin, be preceded by an open meeting entitled "Should salaried Professionals join a Trade Union" and the discussion will be led by Brian Jefferson, President - elect of the R.I.B.A and Harry Smith, National Organizer for AijEW-TASS, This will be an excellent meeting and we expect a large attendance by RIBA stalwarts - so do ensure that your commitment to trade-unionsm by all of them,by attending this meeting. is fully understood The meeting will be held at p.C.L. in the first floor meeting room and will begin at 6.30 promptly. activity and progress 6) Office reports 1) Recruitment discussion 8) Motion 9) A.O.B. The following motion was received by the Branch Secretary and has been included on the Agenda in accordance with Standing Order No. 16, and is listed here verbatin. é Before being discussed, Standing Order No. 11 requires that motions be proposed and seconded by members at the meeting. If the motion is passed it will be forwarded to the Executive Committee and the Divisional Council for their consideration. May branch meeting will be held on Tuesday 15 May at 6.30 p.m. in P.C.L. Union 104-108 Bolsover Street, London W.1. AGENDA: 1) ) ) ) Salary Survey : Report and Discussion N.A.C. - Report on May 8th Meeting Branch Officer's reports Reports from members affiliated to other organizations. 5) General Discussion on Past and Future Branch This branch calls on the N.E.C. to fully Support the shop stewards at Lucas Aerospace in their campaign to save Jobs by proposing alternative products. This branch further calls on the NEC to provide full support for this initiative in the Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineer - ing Unions, by resolution to CSEU Conference or otherwise, and to ensure that the CSEU carries out union policy on this matter. Cc ARCUK ELECTIONS Die N.A.C. MEMBERSHIP There is now a vacancy on the T.A.S.S./BDS National Advisory Council This general meeting is called under the provisionosf Rule 162. Should the quorum required for general meetings of the branch not be in attendance the Branch Council may, if a quorum of_the Branch Council is present, deal with the business down for consideration by the branch general meeting, and if this course is decided upon, then those members of the Branch who were present for the Generel Meeting shall be co-opted for that business with full voting powers. Where any motions and amendments for the consideretion of the Representative Council are Passed by a Branch Council under the Provisions of this rule a copy of the notice concerning the generel meeting shall be forwarded by tne Branch Secretary for the attention of the Standing Orders Committee. The SOC shall not include on the eeenda of the RC any such motion or amendment unless the notice calling the general meeting specifically stated the nature of the motion or the amendment. Similarly when the Branch Councjl under the Provisions cf this rule deals with the voting for Divisional President, DC Sec, EC or Dept.EC Member, Nat Womens Sub-Committee Rep, or NWSC Deputy Rep., a copy of the notice calling the general meeting shall be forwarded to the DC Secretary together with the record of branch voting. If the notice of meeting does not include this item of business the vote of the brench shall te disregarded ty the Divisional Council. ASG SdivetVee 220 UME USSieis SLuUS UL Ue LMUUStry ana Ulls shortcoming was the subject of several members questions. However he welcomed advice from design staff within the labour movement and the f rmulation of such a policy is to be the subject of future branch activity: The questions that followed indicated that many members, while welcoming much of the document, flet that the proposals were in some respects not radical enough. In particular some members felt that emphasis in the document on standardization was overstressed; that it failed to use the example of direct labour organizations as a platform from which to build an alternative building industry and that a stronger line on nationalization should have been adopted. Members will be pleased to learn that all six of its members who stood for election to the A.R.C.U.K. Council were successful together with the Leeds T.A.S.S. member, Ian Todd. Though A.R.C.U.K. is at present a body representing mainly registered architects it is in the interests of all building design staffs that their unions be represented on it. and any branch member interested in filling this vacancy should contact the branch secretary. AUEW-TASS London Branch Secretary : 2B Oakhill Road, SwW15 BRANCH BULLETIN - MARCH 1979 A REPORT ON FEBRUARY BRANCH MEETING: 2 ARCUK ELECTIONS 3. N.A.C. MEMBERSHIP He confessed that the document had been prepared without any real involvement from the design side of the industry and this shortcoming was the subject of several members questions. However he welcomed advice from design staff within the labour movement and the f rmulation of such a policy is to be the subject of future branch activity: Building Design Staff The questions that followed indicated that many members, while welcoming much of the document, flet that the proposals were in some respects not radical enough. In particular some members felt that emphasis in the document on standardization was overstressed; that it failed to use the example of direct labour organizations as a platform from which to build an alternative building industry and that a stronger line on nationalization should have been adopted. Following the January meetings! discussion on the Labour party's policy document, "Building Britain's Future", the February meeting was held at the House of Commons to allow Bob Bean M.P. to give members a first hand account of the Labour Party's real intentions. A U.C.A.T.T. sponsored M.P., directly involved in the preparation of the document, Bob Bean spoke at length on all the issues it concerned and not only the controversial question of possible nationalization of major contractors. He implied however that nationalization was no real alternative to employers "putting their own house in order" over such issues as safety standards and de-casualization of the industry. Indeed he made it plain that, contrary to CABIN'S reports, there was no suggestion of widespread nationalization and that no labour government would ever adopt such a policy. Members will be pleased to learn that all six of its members who stood for election to the A.R.C.U.K. Council were successful together with the Leeds T.A.S.S. member, Ian Todd. Though A.R.C.U.K. is at present a body representing mainly registered architects it is in the interests of all building design staffs that their unions be represented on it. There is now a vacancy on the T.A.S.S./BDS National Advisory Council and any branch member interested in filling this vacancy should contact the branch secretary. De NEXT MEETING(S) 6) Motion 7) A.0.B. 4. INCOMES AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT SURVEY The incomes survey sponsored by T.A.S.S./B.D.S. which appeared in the AJ recently is to appear again in the magazine "Building" on March 16 and members are urged to draw this to the attention of Colleagues who did not complete the AJ form.However, its still not too late to do so, since collation of returns Will now be elayed unti € appearance of the census in "Building". With the results of the survey anticipated it is intended to devote the next couple of meetings to discussions on Pay and conditions of employment generally and a possible role for ole SloSo// B.D.S. in improving these in design offices. All members should make a special effort to attend to ensure the widest-possible range of reported office experiences gives the most clear overall picture. At the next branch meeting to be held on March 20 Mike Moxley, S.A.G. member and one of six R.I.B.A. members who drew up the recent R.I.B.A. approved contract of employment will Open a discussion on its content and intentions. March Branch Meeting ; Tuesday 20 March at 6.30 p.m. (Promptly) in Polytechnic of Central London Union, 104-108 Bolsover street, London W1. AGENDA: 1) "Do Building Professionals need a contract of employment" A discussion to be opened by Mike Moxley R.I.B.A 2) Office reports and discussion 3) Divisional Conference report. 4) N.A.C. report 5) Branch Officers! reports. The following motion was received by the Branch Secretary and has been included on the Agenda in accordance with Standing Order No. 16, and is listed here verbatim. Before being discussed, Standing Order No. 11 requires that motions be proposed and seconded by members at the meeting. If the motion is passed it will be forwarded to the Executive Committee and the Divisional Council for their consideration. "This branch calls upon the Labour Government to pursue a policy towards the construction industry which : 3) Encourages the application of standards of safety and performance in the design of buildings without restricting their flexibility or the visual variety of the built environment. 4) Encourages worker participation and public accommtability in the running of the construction industry" 1) Ensures a continuity of work flow to the industry to provide stability of employment and training opportunities. 2) Encourages the reintergration of the design and construction sides of the industry both in the process of awarding and administrating contracts and in the education background to the work forces. This general meeting is called under the provisions of Rule 16e. Should the quorum required for general meetings of the branch not be in attendance the Branch Council may, if a quorum of the Branch Council is present, deal with the business down for consideration by the branch general meeting, and if this course is decided upon, then those members of the Branch who were present for the General Meeting shall be co-opted for that business with full voting powers. Where any motions and amendments for the consideration of the Representative Council are passed by a Branch Council under the provisions of this rule a copy of the notice concerning the general meeting shall be forwarded by the Branch Secretary for the attention of the Standing Orders Committee. The SOC shall not include on the agenda of the RC any such motion or amendment unless the notice calling the general meeting specifically stated the nature of the motion or the amendment. Similarly when the Branch Council under the Provisions of this rule deals with the voting for Divisional President, DC Sec, EC or Dept.EC Member, Nat Womans Sub-Committee Rep, or NWSC Deputy Rep., a copy of the notice calling the general meeting shall be forwarded to the DC Secretary together with the record of branch voting. If the notice of meeting does not include this item of business the vote of the branch shall be disregarded by the Divisional Council. AUEW-TASS Building Design Staff IS THERE LIFE AFTER COLLEGE ? Many students will already have worked in an office and may already have glimpsed the gap between their expectations and their probable future in the architec ural profession. Others haven't. Either way, we should like to preview the facts of architectural employment - before they become all too obvious. Emerging from a school of architecture after several years spent learning to design fine buildings and exciting spaces you may reasonably expect the world to quickly put these talents to the test; to shower you with commissions that give your skills and ideas full expression and ... in return... to generously reward your efforts. Reasonable or not, such expectations are likely to be disappointed. The first adjustment is likely to be the realization that you are primarily an "employee", much like any other, whether your employer is a principal in private practice or a local authority: not really a "fellow professional" And the simple, inevitable fact is that short of exceptional talents, influential connections are unusual business acumen you are almost certain to be an employee for the rest of your career. Of course your employer will remind you of his own beginnings and suggest that by shouldering a heavy burden in return for a light wallet now, you too, in- the autumn of your years, can become at last "the boss". The chances are - you won't. He qualified at a very different time and that aside since then the growth in office size has further reduced your chances of becoming a partner. And even if you did you'd find your business would be business, not architecture. So do you even want to be "the boss"? By then you may be wondering how you can exercise some control over the kind of work you do, how you do it and in return for what. Well ... the R.I.B.A. certainly won't help you . It's a club for employers and you're an employee. And all the recent mumurincs from its salaried members hold as little hope as re-arranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. The only productive way for you to improve your future is to combine with your own colleagues - who really will share your conerns —- and advance your interests on on organized, co- operative basis. And the only effective way to do that in our profession is to join the Building Design section of T.A.S.S. —- the trade union for all Building Design Staff. By organizing your own office together with your fellow employees you really can ensure that your concerns and your interests are effectively communicated to your employer - in a way that must be recognized. T.A.S.S. is the “white collar" section of the Amalgamated Union of Encineering Workers and as such it has vast experience of working within offices of all sizes together with a powerful voice in the Trade Union movement, Most important, three years ago we set up a special section specifically orientated towards the particular needs and aspirations of Building Design Staff. So, if you really want to ensure your future in private practice gives you what you need, talk to us at the Conference and find out more about T.A.S.S.~B.D.S. - the trade union for all Building Design Staffs. NOW is the best time to join - but we'll still be around when you start work as an architect and find out for yourself !!! BDS BRANCH BULLETIN DECEMBER 1981 Dear member/supporter You will be aware from these Bulletins that the difficulties facing our Branch have become more serious recently. During discussions at the November meeting a consensus was reached that our present state of organisation, evidenced by the falling roll of paid up subscrip- tions, declining attendances at meetings and lack of recruitment activity suggests that we will afce further loss of members and be unable to counter the trend. In terms of membership our Branch no longer constitutes a viable unit of the TASS structure, and Divisional Council have intimated their intention to rationalise the central London branches by closing the BDS Branch. From the point of view of our members efforts expended merely to administer the Branch could well be more usefully directed elsewhere. The Branch Council is of the view that, barring an unprecedented and rapid change in fortunes, the Branch is likely to cease to exist in any real sense quite shortly and that the most raesonable course of action is for it to wind up its affairs at the AGM this month and for members to join with their brothers and sisters in the Central London Branch. The following motion is therefore proposed by the Branch Council for the Annual General Meeting on 16th December 1981: "This Branch requests the Executive Committee to disband the BDS London Branch and to tarnsfer all its members to the Central London Branch or London City Branch with immediate effect" Copy to Divisional Council NOTICE OF MEETING The Branch will meet for its AGM in the upper room of the Horse and Groom, 128, Great Portland St., London, Wl at 7 00pm on Wednesday 16th December 1981, AGENDA = 1. Branch officers reports 2. Discussion of press release and debate on motion 3. Any other business If the motion is defeated elections will be necessary to the Branch Council CHRISTMAS PARTY Please stay for drinks and light refreshments after the meeting. We have much to discuss informally. Naturally we are particularly keen to see everybody who has been involved with the Branch and hope that you will be able to come.. guan ea AUEWTASS LW LONDON { ANAIGAMATED UNION OF ENGINEERING WORKERS % t ‘ t He TECHNICAL, ADMINISTRATIVE AND : SUPERVISORY SECTION : NO. 2h DIVISION : “What can WE do??” TASS WEEKEND NOVEMBER 18th and 19th, 1978 POST HOUSE Breakspear Way, Hemel Hempstead HHH OI OR 30k 308 30k OR dR OK to | RAK AKEK EK EEE* * So you're a TASS member now! APPLICATION FORMS AUEW (TASS) NO. 2h DIVISION WEEKEND November 18th and 19th, 1978 Wameti:Mxr/Mclciseicic'vees'ss\ieiclsorsicsincie'eiteisicorsicle AGDATEBB. .cccccccccccccccccccccccccocccs FLxM. cccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccces Union Branch... ccccccccccccvcccccccccces Membership No. .cccccccccccwcccccccccces JOD Titles. ccccccccccccccccccsccccocce Is Saturday night accommodation wanted? YES/NO Mode of Travel...ccccccvscccccccsccores Is this your first TASS weekend? YES/NO AUEW (TASS) NO. 2 DIVISION WEEKEND November 18th and 19th, 1978 Names Mr/MSsiccicicccicccccicicecccccccccccce AdATEBB. cc cccccccccccccccsccscccccccees FAIMm. cc ccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccce Union Branch. ..cccccccccccccsccsccccees Membership No...sscecececcccseececeeece Job Title. .cccccccccccccccccccccccccces Is Saturday night accommodation wanted? YES/NO Mode of Travel....ccscceccecceccsccscees What do you know about the union and it's structure? Whether the issue is low wages, poor working conditions, equal pay, redundancy, etc., how do you best avail yourself of the services offered by the Union? The Subject of the Weekend will be: "What WE CAN do!!” Programme: Sa ay 18th November 1978: 12.8 noon - 1.15 p.m. Buffet lunch 1.30 p.m. — 3.30 p.m. First session 3.30 p.m. — 4.00 p.m. Tea 4.00 p.m. — 5.00 p.m. Group discussions Whoever you are, however long a member, male or female, young or old, you'll enjoy the free discussion, warm social content and friendly atmosphere. Why not apply now? Creche Facilities are available - plea complete enclosed form if required. Financial assistance for meals and accommodation will be considered sympathetically where relevant. Hotel & Travelling Expenses for members will be met by the union. Guests will be welcome, at a charge of £12 each, payable Sunday. Please indicate on application. Transport - if you have a problem, let us know, and we will try to assist. 8.00 a.m. 9.30 a.m. 11.00 a.m. 11.30 a.m. 12.30 p.m. 1.00 p.m. — 9.15 a.m. Breakfast — 11.00 a.m. General discussion — 11.30 a.m. Coffee — 12.30 p.m. General discussion — 1.00 p.m. Summary Lunch -M. — 6.00 p-m. Sunday 19th November 1978: Group reports Dinner A deposit of 50p must be enclosed with each cation, which should be sent by: app this date. 6th NOVEMBER 1978 TO: Albert Stevens, S Arundel Close, Cheshunt, Herts. Telephone Nos: Waltham Cross 27401 tae, 01-807-3030 Ext. 209 work Cheques, P.0.'s etc., should be crossed and made payable to AUEW (TASS). And how do you use it to resolve the problems you meet at work? ts this your first TASS weekend? YES/NO PLAIN PAPER APPLICATIONS ACCEPTABLE If you don't know all the answers, ther please come along. You will find the weekend both interesting and enjoyable. You should learn most of the answers, if not all, and your questions, experiences, and point of view will help to make the weekend a success. All applications will be acknowledged after If you do know all the answers, still come along. We'd like the benefit of your knowledge. CAPITAL LETTERS, PLEASE. AMALGAMATED UNION OF ENGINEERING WORKERS TECHNICAL, ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPERVISORY SECTION NO. 2h DIVISION TASS WEEKEND € NOVEMBER 18th AND 19th, 1978 CRECHE FACILITIES If creche facilities are required, please indicate below, as appropriate: Number of children: Boy secccccoes ABEd. coccccccces Girls.ccccccee Agedeccccccccece WILL THEY REQUIRE OVERNIGHT ACCOMMODATION? YES/NO Guests are welcome to participate in the ‘Weekend'. @. both parents are attending, will they both be taking part? YES/NO Member's Name. cccccccccccccccvccccccccccccs AGAYORE scle'eieleleialelolelelaletslelolatelelalelelo/elalelaleleiatatele’a SOPH EEE EHEEE EEEHEHEHE EEE NO. 24 DIVISION 2 NeTICa Te Au emPLove VENUE | The Post House is a very pleasant, well- equipped hotel, providing the following services: 91 bedrooms, with radio, telephone, television, tea and coffee making equipment, razor sockets and a baby listening service. #* AMAIGAMATEDUNIONOFENGINEERINGWORKERS+ The Post House HEMEL HEMPSTEAD aes7 Radbourn STATION \ —(ayl ) A414 (A41) Waters Barnette’ Qreshen © MAI orth GRAVEL INFORMATION The hotel is situated } mile from M.1 exit 8, and 2 miles from Hemel Hempstead Town oe It can be reached by train from Euston, to Hemel Hempstead, Boxmoor. Fast trains leave at 5 mins. past the hour, arriving 32 mins. past the hour. Slowtrainsleaveat35mins.pastthehour, arriving 8 mins. past the hour. “What can WE do??” ‘TASS WEEKEND NOVEMBER 18th and 19th, 1978 POST HOUSE Breakspear Way, Hemel Hempstead Stops at: Harrow & Wealdstone Watford Junction Kings Langley Apsley Hemel Hempstead, Boxnoor St Amer $ + :* ee TECHNICAL, ADMINISTRATIVE AND i SUPERVISORY SECTION * SER CK AEARORORek Rationalisation and redundancy thee nomi risis deepens redundancies are ffecting senior st st as much other grac Even if your job st es, rationalisaticounl ean greater work loads, unwelcome transfers, ide £ nsibilities without more pay, and iverse changes in your status. On your own you HEAD OFFICE General Secretary, K. GILL Onslow Hall, Little Green, RICHMOND, Surrey TWS 10N LOCAL OFFICES ‘STass Telephone: 01-948 2271 anagers and senior staff need an effective union too ni ther have to like it yr lump it by SCOTLAND N.J. Mcintosh, AUEW-TASS, 145 Morrison Street, EDINBURGH EH3 BAL. Tel: 031-229 8713 A. McAlpine/W.8. Shields, AUEW-TASS 420 Sauchiechall Street, GLASGOW G2 3JD Tel: 041-332 3372 W.8. Shields, AUEW-TASS, 7 Incle Street PAISLEY PA1 1HW Tel: 041-887 7641 IRELAND 8B. Graham, AUEW.-TASS, 47 Botanic Avenue, BELFAST BT? 1JL. Tel: 0232-44573 8. Anderson, AUEW-TASS, 5 Lower Mount Street OUBLIN 2. Tel: 765379. NORTH-EAST A. Scott, AUEW-TASS, High Street GATESHEAD NEB 1ER. Tel: 0632-770198 R, Longworth, AUEW-TASS, Impex House, Bridge Street East, MIDDLESBROUGH Tel: 0642 ‘683 NORTH-WEST G, Strattan, AUEW-TASS, 10 Shaw Street LIVERPOOL L6 1HR. Tel: 051-263 1775 J. Rice, AUEW-TASS, 2 Ribblesdale Place PRESTON PR1 SNA. Tel: 0772-21383 J. Fairley/A. Matson, AUEW-TASS, 43 Crescent, SALFORD M5 4PE Tel: 061-736 3565 YORKSHIRE L. Formby/A. Tucker, AVEW-TASS, Furnival Gate, SHEFFIELD S1 3HE. Tel: 0742-22288 W. Sales, AUEW-TASS, 1 Vassalli House, 20 Central Road LEEOS LS1 60€E. Tel: 0532 450130 WEST MIDLANDS t. Benson/J. Carr/C. Lomas, AUEW-TASS, 4 Holloway Circus, BIRMINGHAM B81 18U Tel: 021-632 6751 G. Hope, AUEW-TASS, Dale Sulldings, Cook Street, COVENTAY CV1 1NN. Tel: 0203-29415 EAST MIDLANDS V. Gapper, AUEW-TASS, 218 Mansfield Road NOTTINGHAM NG5 2BU. Tel: 0602-601923 J, McConnachie, AUEW-TASS, 71 Vaughan Way LEICESTER. Tel: 0533-27828 SOUTH-WEST F.J. Ticehurst, AUEW-TASS, York House, Bond Street, BRISTOL 8S1 3LQ. Tel: 0272-45808 D. Carr, AUEW-TASS, 8Westgate Street GLOUCESTER GL1 2NL., Tel: 0452-27022 ing yourself onto a buyers’ market. But TASS you and your colleaques, backed by inique knowledge and experience in TA dealing with executives »blems, can negotiate more equally with your employer. And only by ein an if jJent trade union can you claim the legal riahts to consultationnow providebdy the Employme Protection Act TUC affiliation matters Today, both U.K. andE.E C. authorities ¢ rucial role 1 your indus union ffiliated to the TUC and to re nter your interests be jpon trade unio ter say in y 1which real wnager |. Forthcoming mocracy will be based iMtation. If you wanta yolicy, join TASS, the or senior staff and TASS — THE union for you The new Employment Protection Act makes it llegal for your employer to discriminate rtrade union men ship or nd more workersjoin powerful against you smore unions se influence | ly increasing, managers and WALES J. Jones, AUEW-TASS rdis Road PONTYPRIOD CF37 10U. Tel: 0443-406311 EAST ANGLIA T. Foley, AUEW-TASS, 140 St. Helen's Street IPSWICH IP4 2LE. Tel: 0473-212136 SOUTH-EAST K.W.E. Lane, AUEW-TASS, 57 Above Bar SOUTHAMPTON SO1 ODZ. Tel: 0703-30779 LONDON AND HOME COUNTIES NORTH RA. Henshow/B. King/B. Switzer, AUEW-TASS, 25 Highfield Road, BUSHEY WO2 2HO Tel: Watford (92) 48688 B. King, AUEW-TASS, 396 Dunstable Road, LUTON LU4 8JT senior staff must not let themselves be ignored. Only inTAS can you have the best of al worlds e Special representation of your particular interests determined by you and your olleaques e experienced, specialised, professional ° e responsible negotiators, well informed about your company and occupation, backed up by first class economic research and legal advice; affiliationto the T.U.C. and recognised nternational bodies; the authority and the protection of being linked to the AUEW and its 1% million members in industry B. King, AUEW-TASS, 13 Cosseridge Close Stony Stratford, MILTON KEYNES MK11 1BY Tel: 0908-566312 SOUTH AND WEST D. Perkins/R. Woolf, AUEW-TASS, Little Green, Youoweittoyourself,yourcolleaquesandyour RICHMONDTWS9TON.Tel:01-9480094 family t in a real, effective union TASS EAST T. Foley, AUEW-TASS, 588 Rainham Rood South DAGENHAM RAM10 7ARA. Tel: 01-593 4892 You need experts “If ever there was a moment when the trade union movement should be going all out to recruit members drawn from professional manage- ment this is the moment. |am absolutely certain that most of those not organised in this way will realise that they have excluded ther selves from one of the most important and constructive roles that workers in industry can have.” TASS is specialised We are the only British union exclusively concerned with engineering staff. We are also the largest union for management staff within engineering. We provide our members with effective representation from forty full-time officials, al of whom have an engineering staff background. These, together with well over one hundred full-time staff who provide administrative research and secretarial assistance,giveaservicenotavailablefrom staff associations or other organisations. The 1975 Incomes Survey by the Council of Engineering Institutions shows amedian income of £5,280 for managers represented by trade unions against only £4,700 for managers whose salary isfixed by personal representation. The same survey indicates that TASS represents more professional engineers and managers in the engineering industries than any other trade union. Negotiations by TASS pay. The members decide Only rank and file members have the right to determine union policy or rules. The union is strong because itistruly democratic. These are in TASS Managers and other senior staff Finance and production controllers Systems analysts and other computer staff Scientists and technologists Engineers and designers Sales and purchase staff All other grades of engineering staff WOULD MEMBERSHIP OF TASS INVOLVE MANAGEMENT STAFF IN ISSUES WHICH DO NOT CONCERN THEM? TASS has separate procedural arrangements for management staff. These arrangements, where required, can be adapted to suit the varying needs of such staff in different companies. How to join Benefit from being a member of the most effective union for managers and senior staff by completing the form below and returning it to your TASS representative or to:— K. Gill, General Secretary, AUEW-TASS, Little Green, Richmond, Surrey TW9 10N. Telephone: 01-948 2271 Sumamel(MreiMS)ite cievere sinters-lmjorcls viele obrelale electors FOreNnaMeS aeiereierclokerefeleteloolveisiisel\eieevlelelsalceiclsse%e DatelofiBirthycrertecetetctetel-releleleterctopelieatteireers1S itaciete Homeladdress) .0. cee ee cece eence cee ceses Occupationatestctecpetaarieleetelei\etss/si)staelailcrncisicfersareve Employer's Name ......-0--eeccccrscseccecene Adress ictove siaiotetalerehe}et etofeteleioiel-Jetalelsietsielsieleiatalel= Are you or have you been a member of a trade The Secretary of State for Industry Change inindustry April 1975 Management staff need collective bargaining too.Theyusedtoworkonabasisofgoodwill with their employer, secure for life in their jobs. Now it is very rare for the salaries and conditions of employment of management staff to be determined separately for each individual. |f management staff do not have their views collectively represented, conditions will be imposed upon them by the company. Mergers, closures and rationalisation affect them as they do other employers. Management staff need to speak with an effective voice. Experience of others Doctors, senior civil servants, technologists in nationalised industries, senior staff through- out education, all these have already found an answer. They have joined unions. They there- fore have a voice in affecting their working environment, achieving job satisfaction and influencing their salaries and conditions of employment. TASS benefits Long term unemployment benefit. Free legal aid connected with your employment. Free convalescent homes. Lump sum grants. Dispute benefit up to 60% nett salary. Technical publications prepared by senior technologist TASS members. Advice and representation on state benefits. Careers guidance. Full educational facilities. Monthly subscription: £1.35 Important —Complete ifknown: C.M.’s Ref.No. .....---+-- Branch No..........-- CiMeS| Name? cicierel ctoiarelatoroieretainstelselVel=forer=enerelel Adress araraielovescielosenieasefeseicielies!leiaoycnisateilenre UMiOn talersisletcrelsiaiaterareIfso,givenameofpreviousunion Date of last payment .. 2.2... ccc cece eect scences Name and address of previous Branch Secretary lapply for membership of the AUEW-TASS. All the particulars given on this form are true. |agree to abide by the rules and constitution of the union. suite TASS AC ee BFL OW AE The Equal Pay act says that women doing broadly the same work as men should be paid the same. But you still get the same old story. “Women get pregnant don't they? . Always having time off when the kids are il ....Gan’t cope with a family anda better paid job...” All used when it comes to refusing you promotion and training. And if that is what they say, where does it leave you? Nowhere, unless you're in a union that fights for women to have access to all jobs. TASS negotiates special training and retraining courses. The employer who gripes about pregnancy says: Experience has proved that it is essential today for every employed woman to be ina union. Are you? Only as part of a real trade union can you make your job more secure and improve your salary and conditions. TASS is the only union that caters exclusively for all staff in the engineering industries and services—including typists, telephonists, secretaries, filing clerks, juniors, telex and accounting machine operators....... All administrative and clerical staff in sales, purchasing, stores, production control, finance, publicity, personnel, security and medical. Key punchers and all computer staff. Supervisors and section leaders. Inspection and test staff, laboratory assistants, technicians, all print and mailing room personnel...... TASS policy issimple. We want genuine equality: Men’s pay for women and equal opportunity. . To get them you need to be in a trade union. TASS women’s membership isgrowing faster than any other union’s. That's because TASS gets results. TASS has strength. Being part of the 1% million-strong AUEW gives TASS unique authority in negotiations on your behalf. TASS has got the expertise. And uses itto cater for the special problems working women have by providing an experienced specialist service, backed by up-to-date research, legal and educational facilities. TASS has a National Women’s Organiser—Judith Hunt—and special provisions for women at every level in the union. TASS membership gives you many other valuable benefits—ask for details. Join us now; it's in your interest auew The employer with the low paying record says: But saying is one thing, paying is another. Employers have had years to re- grade, reclassify and reorganise jobs to avoid this. And if that is their attitude, what can you do? Alone — very little. But in a trade union experienc- ed in Equal Pay —a great deal. “You might think you're doing broadly the same work as him. Idon't"” The employer who has just discovered anatomy says: “I'd love to train women more. But they have babies don't they?” The Sex Discrimination Act says that women should have equal promotion and training chances. Head Office Onslow Hall Little Green RICHMOND Surrey TW9 1QN 01-948 2271 “But everyone will want the same!” The Employment Protection Act says that women are entitled to 6 weeks paid maternity leave and you can have your job back 29 weeks after your baby is born, but this is not good enough. TASS's policy is a minimum of 18 weeks paid leave plus the right to return to the same job within 1year. So what can you do about that? You could battle on alone. Or you could join TASS. if Iextend your maternity leave Benefitfombeingamember ofthemosteffective trade union for women by co! pleting the form below and returning it to your local representativoer to TASS Head Office N iMcIntosh UE 031-220 8713 AMcAlpine’ WB Shields AUEW-TASS 420 Souchiehall Street GLASGOW G23/D 041-332 3372 BGroham AUEW-TASS 26-34 Antrim Road BELPAST BT15 2AA 0232746169 B Anderson AUEW-TASS 5 Lower Mount Street DUBLIN 2 765370 AScott AUEW-TASS High Street GATESHEAD NES 1ER 0632 770168 R Longworth AUEW-TASS Impex House Bridge Streot East MIDDLESBOROUGH 0642 242683 G Strattan AUEW-TASS 10 Shaw Street LIVERPOOL L6 1HR 051-263 1775 1Rice AUEW-TASS 2 Hibblesdale Place PRESTON PR1 INA 0772 21383 W Sales AUEW-TASS 1Vassali House 20 Central Road LEEDS LS1 6DE 0532 450130 ]Fairley/A Matson AUEW- oS 43 Cres SALFORD M5. 4PE 061-736 3565 LFormby /RTucker AUEW-TASS Furnival Gate SHEFFIELSD1 3HE 1Benson} Carr/C Lomas AUEV 4 Holloway Circus BIRMINGHAM B1 1BU 021-632 6751 IMcConnachie Ww. 5 field Ro: NOTTIN 3HAM NG 5‘DBL 6 Westgate Street GLOUCESTER GL12NL 0452 27022 TJones AUEW-TASS Sardis Roe ad PONTYPRIDD€ 0443 40651) T Foley AUEW-TASS 140St Helen's Street IPSWICH IP4 2LE 0473 212136 B King AUEW-TASS Surname (Ms.) Forenames Home address Occupation Employer: Name Address Date of Birth Dept Are you or have you been a member of a trade COVENTRY CV1 INN 0203 20415 FP}Ticeburst AUEW-TASS 5 York House Bond Street BRISTOL BS1 3LQ 0272 45808 NIRtIAaS a SOUTHAMPTON S01 ODz 0703 30778 DCarr AUEW-TASS union? If so, give name of previous union CM’s Ref. No. CM's Name Address Branch No } Date of last payment 2and address of previous Branch Secretary Monthly subscriptions 25 yrs &over £1.50" 20 to 24 yrs Bee22> under 20 yrs £0.66 *Any member earning less than £ 0 p.w. is eligible for a reduced monthly subscription of £0.83 Tick ifeligible pply for membership of the AUEW-TASS. éparticulars given on this form are true ree to abide by the rules and constitution of the union Signed Date Important: Complete ifknown ie Green HMOND 0742 22 TASS isnear your work 0602 601923 G Hope AUE PAASS Dale Bui Cook Stre 396 Dunste able Road Printedty London CateconionPresi (7.U} Lit Watford. Mores . TFoley AUEW-TASS 588 Rainham Road South DAGENHAMRM10 7 01-593 4992 R Henshaw/B Switzer AUEW-TASS 25 Highfield R { BUSHEY WD Watford (92) 48688 L Brooke/D Perkins R Woolf AUEW-TASS Onslow Hall L LU4 8jT ose2 51240, Surrey TW9 1QN 01-9480094 HOW TO ORGANISE When the staff in your company has joined TASS, the first thing to do is get together and elect a com- mittee of representatives. Spokesmen, in other words. A Committee of three persons is usual in a firm where there are up to 30 TASS members. If you have con- siderably more than 30 members then you need a larger committee. Aim for credible representation, ie. a committee that the-members have confidence in. But remember, too large a committee can sometimes be more of a hindrance than a help. Where the TASS membership is spread over a number of departments with people doing different jobs, then, where it is practical, you should elect departmental committees. Their job will be to handle matters con- cerning their own particular group. In the multi- committee set-up, you will need an overall co-ordinating body made up of representatives from cach of the departmental committees. This joint representative committee, as well as keeping the different groups in touch with each other, handles claims, etc, on conditions of employment that are common to all departments. The Representative Committee is the centre of TASS organisation. Once established it becomes an official body, acting in the name of and on behalf of the whole Union. In all but a tiny minority of firms this fact is formally acknowledged “by management, e.g. the Chairman or Secretary of a Representative Committee is free to contact members on union business during working hours. Current legislation is aimed at ensuring Union officers can do their job properly. It is of course, common courtesy for an immediate superior to be informed if a representative leaves his or her place of work on union business. Notice boards should be available for union announcements etc. and the Union representatives may be reached by, or may use the Company’s "phone on union business. Many more companies are now providing facilities for Representative Committees to hold meetings at regular intervals during working hours. If there is a shop stewards committee for manual workers, it is common practice for a TASS representative to be invited to attend its meetings. In the case where there is more than one union covering staff at a firm, it is correct to maintain a line of communications with the other union representatives. Equally it is important to remember that the respon- sibility for dealing with matters affecting TASS members remains firmly in the hands of their own elected representatives. Minutes of meetings, reports and statements from the Committee should be circulated around the TASS members in a firm. The better your communications network the more effective your union. No member should ever be able to say “I don’t know what's happening”. Representative Committees are totally dependent on the support given by the members. It is their job to keep them in the picture. It is very wise for Representative Committees to establish a small fund built up by occasional donations from members, say after there has been a wage increase or for that matter after any successful negotiations. This provides the members with ready cash to meet immediate expenses that may arise. For example, obtaining special information or sending a represen- tative to an out of town mecting or on a delegation. Many of these expenses will of course be covered by the union, but it usually takes a little time to get authority to approve union expenditure. Having your own fund allows for quick action. THSS the Union for Engineers © Architects © Planners © Quantity Surveyors © Administrative Staff ALL Auxiliary Staff Staff In © Technical Secretaries and Clerks © Account and Personnel Staff © Research and Development Staff © Draughtsmen and Women rerisesand YOU? Librarians © Messengers © Designers © Technicians © Computor Staff ©Site Staff © Secretaries © Print Operatives © Managers © Maintenance and other Consultancies Problems in Consultancies “Engineers real incomes have dropped by 7% since 1973” CEI Survey of Frofewions) Engineers, reported in “New Civil Engineer’. tie betweenunion membership and more money isthere” “New ‘Civi Engineer” Comment on the CEI Survey. The more recent ICE Survey showed that even in private industry”.....salaries gained bycollective bargaining are higher thanbran obtained by or by the employ Consultancy staff have little contro! over their salaries, conditions of work, their future or the projects they work on. While average wages were just keeping up with inflation, salaries of unorganised staff fell behind, and, now real purchasing power is being drastically cut, standards of living are not even remaining static. With no union to negotiate decent salaries consultancy staff have traditionally improved their conditions by changing jobs.Withcutsinpub- GUAT STATTSTIGS lic expenditure and a recession in the building MEDIAN INCOME OF CIWLENGINEERS IS4250p, Consultancy staff need representation... “Collective bargaining delivers the goods’—'New Civil Engineer’. “Properly conducted collective bargaining is the most effective way of giving workers the right to representation in decisions affecting their working lives."—Roysl Commission on Trade Unions and Employers’ Associations. Staff in Consultancies need an organisation to represent them. The employers have their organisations (e.g. Associ- ation of Consulting Engineers) to look after their interests and many employ, or consult, industrial relations “experts”. TASS can provide you with similar professional backing. Staff Associations can assist individuals to a small extent. But their resources are limited and their access to inform- ation on conditions outside their firm restricted. They can’t call on professional assistance and they are often dependent on the employers. Who controls THSS .2 TASS members in an office decide what they want to put forward and how to achieve it. Official union assistance comes in only if asked for by office representatives. TASS policy and implementation is determined by mem- bers of the Union and their representatives, through the branches. All members are encouraged to be involved in this process. Government of the Union is by elected officers bound by these policies. Administration of the Union and professional assistance is by experienced full-time officers and staff. Who belongs to TASS..2 The ‘Technical, Administrative and Supervisory Section’ Some pseudo-unions overcome the problem of existing in industrythisismuch ee isolationinonecompany,butthesearenotrealemployees’ consultancies. more difficult. Staff in some consultancies are actually faced with the very real threat of red- undancy! Ths (ahere busemess 24 PERCENT OF ACTIVE MANAGERS TOOK A BUSINESS STUDY COURSE Engineers in consultancies are the worst paid of ten Many firms do have Overseas projects, but with increased risks ot aborted work, internat- ional competition and reduced fee scales, they offer little prospect of maintaining living stan- dards or increasing job security. In many indiv- idual cases the overseas travel involved simply disrupts personal lives. organisations, independent of management. In fact they often assist management to play off one section of staff against another by excluding some categories of staff (usually non-professional and ‘service’ staff) from member- ship. TASS for ALL staff inConsultancies TASS exists to represent the interests of all its members to employers and governments. TASS has the resources and the expertise to help its members improve their salaries and conditions of employment and provides specialist services to assist them. TASS is the most effective staff union in all branches of engineering, construction and related industries. TASS has @ reputation for active support of its members. TASS sees that al alternatives are explored before any staff are made redundant. The firm’s situation, including TASS already has a large membership of © Engineers, Technicians and Draughtsmen and women @ Managers and other senior staff @ Secretaries, Clerks, Typists and Telephonists © Administrative staff @ Scientists and Technologists @ Sales and Service Personnel @ Mainten- ance and other auxiliary staff © Accounts and Personnel staff @ Testers and Inspectors @ Systems Analysists and other Computer staff. ’ * 7 7 | PERC categories of ‘professional aratNeit PeckNONEEES HER 30 engineers.Thisinturnde- S on presses the salaries of ‘jun- ‘Sp fot wou tyes set Trade Unions aren’t just for industrial workers. 41% of members of Engineering Insti- tutions are members of Trade Unions and increasing num- bers of other “white collar” workers are in unions. “80% of Engineers in the public sector have incomes RIC adjusted by collective bargain- REA NaeST ior’staf,bothtechnical{adi}Topene itsfinancialposition,shouldbediscussedopenlywith ing’andtheirsalarieshave“overtakenthoseinindustry and administrative and is reflected to a greater or less extent in most archi- tectural, planning and other consultancies. Staff in consultancies are expected to accept what they're given, leave, or “negotiate” individually. They have no experienced representatives nor the necessary information on salaries and conditions which are available to staff in other jobs; instead they are hampered by “secrecy”—only man- agement is allowed to see ‘‘the whole picture”. Nor are staff given any real indication of their firm's ability to pay staff a decent salary. staff before redundancies are considered. TASS is opposed to redundancies and will help any members wanting to resist. Where redundancies prove unavoidable TASS enables staff to obtain the best severance terms. TASS is for social responsibility in construction. Building should be used for the benefit of the whole community and not just property speculators. TASS is based on office committees operating in firms where there are two or more TASS members, but indi- viduals may also join as single members and have the same right to participate in the democratic structures of the Union. Individual cases can be taken up, as well as general issues with the strength and resources of the Union in support. and commerce’ (CEI Survey). The situation is similar for Architects and Planners. TASS has 150,000 staff workers... TASS has 150,000 staff workers in membership and is expanding rapidly. TASS is the “white collar’ section of the 1% million strong AUEW, which has three other sections, one of which represents many workers in the Construction Industry. “Cartoons by kind permission of the “New Civil Engineer”. of the AUEW is the Union for al staff in engineering and WANT TO KNOW MORE? Write to TASS Head Office or contact your local office representative. If a number of you want to join, a Union official can be sent to meet you. But you can benefit from joining the most effective Staff Union now by completing the form below and returning it to any TASS representative or to: The General Secretary AUEW-TASS, Littie Green, Richmond, Surrey TW9 10N Summame: (Mire Mis.)<\or<iare sterare ectetetotaeaeepeenerieee Forenamesicjy-vcressterepeiere Date of Birth ........ TASS benefits... THSS the Union or ALL Date!ofilast payment: <:. c:. ec. cistarstetetercle epeieeeeers Name and address of previous Branch Secretary Monthly subscriptions 25 yrs & over £1.50 * 20to24yrs £1,.22° under 20 yrs £0.66 “Any member earning less than £50 p.w. is eligible for a reduced monthly subscription of £0.83. Tick ifeligible. |apply for membership of the AUEW-TASS. All the particulars given on this form are true. |agree to abide by the rules and constitution of the union. Signed i cisct-teoisketee terse Datemreroriicnicniet Important: Complete ifknown. CIMusi\Ref Nos vsiccisjeikiers Branch\No.......... CMS Name) ocjceceieicietesecriiceitaetrei AGGress5s)0: (oieu,cictofeivie esete miereieeereeeirteone TASS produces technical publications and articles in its journal and welcomes technical and other contributions from its members, especially on their work and industry. But TASS publications aren't limited to technical matters and many other issues of interest to members are covered by Union pamphlets or articles in TASS News. © Secretaries © Print Operatives © Managers © Maintenance and other Auxiliary Staff © Technical Secretaries and Clerks © Account and Personnel Staff © Research and Development Staff Apart from the usual support which trade unions can give their members TASS members also have the following benefits: TASS conducts a national salary survey and al members have access to the results @ TASS offers free legal aid if you suffer an accident connected with you ployment (e.g. an accident on site) © TASS has the expertise to help vou benefit from the growing legislation affecting employment @ TASS will help you use the Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration service and Industrial Tribunals to protect your job @ TASS provides dispute benefit, up to 60% net salary, and long-term unemployment benefit ® TASS can give careers guidance ® TASS education facilities help you and your representatives improve your conditions, and under- stand government legislation © TASS has professional advisors on patents and solicitors to provide expert legal backing for members in cases relating to employment @ TASS provides lump sum benevolent grants to you or your family in certain hardship situations © TASS provides free places in convalescent homes with travelling expenses paid for members and immediate family @ TASS can advise and represent you regarding State Benefits. TASS publications... © Architects © Planners © Quantity Surveyors © Administrative Staff © Librarians © Messengers © Designers Staff TASS policy is “Mens pay for women” and for equal TASS and women... TASS is at the forefront of the campaign for equality. Opportunity in education, employment and promotion. TASS produces regular material outlining and explaining legislatic- affecting employment including that concern- ing women e.g. The Equal Pay Act; The Sex Discrimination Act; The Employment Protection Act. TASS will advise women on appealing to the Equal Opportunities Commission and provides expert legal back- ing for Industrial Tribunals. TASS has the best structure for representing women’s interests within the Union and has the fastest growing proportion of women members because of its reputation for supporting women members. In © Draughtsmen and Women ceed YOU? Consultancies © Technicians © Computor Staff ©Site Staff RIGHTS AT WORK Trade Union pressure over the years has resulted in the passing of laws which affect directly conditions of employment and the relationship between employees and employers. ... Contracts of Employment Act This Act requires an employer to provide employces with a written statement outlining the main conditions of employment. This must include the period of minimum notice an employee is entitled to if employ- ment is terminated, and the steps an employee can take to redress a grievance or appeal against disciplinary action. A free leafict giving all the terms of the Contracts of Employment Act is available from the Department of Employment. Every Representative Committee should have one. The Redundancy Payments Act An explanatory leaflet is available from the Depart- ment of Employment. It gives details of redundancy entitlements. However always consult the Divisional Organiser when redundancy arises. The Union has a policy for dealing with these kinds of problems. The Trade Union and Labour Relations Act This replaced the contentious 1971 Industrial Relations Act. It deals largely with the legal definition of trade unions and employers organisations and the setting up of Tribunals, etc. The Equal Pay Act An attempt by statutory means to ensure that men and women doing broadly similar work receive the same pay. The Union has built up very considerable experience in dealing with equal pay issues. Sex Discrimination Act Seeks, again by legislatory means, to end discrimi- nation against men or women in law and in employ- ment. It deals with conditions of employment and job Health and Safety At Work etc, Act Places responsibilities on companies in regard to safety regulations covering every work situation. The Act calls for the setting up of Safety Committees on which the employees’ representatives are required to be Trade Union members. This particular Act is very technical and members should seck union guidance about itsapplication. Employment Protection Act Is concerned with the rights of trade union members in a wide field of activity including union recognition, the disclosure of information, maternity leave, unfair dismissals and facilities for union representatives to do their job. This is another complex piece of legislation and guidance should be sought from Divisional Office ifquestions come up in regard to interpretation etc. General Head Office or the Divisional Organiser will generally be able to give advice about the application of legislation affecting members. It is worth noting that the union has direct access to sources of more detailed information if it is required. Non-union members would find it enormously difficult or very expensive to obtain similar guidance. opportunities and tries to ensure that these apply equally to men and women. Building Design Staff Tass theunionforallthe Building Professions Why _aunion? Salaried staff in architecture, surveying, engineering and planning like employees in many other professional groups who are already organised in trade unions... want a real voice in decisions which affect them at work. At present conditions are determined by employers. There is growing realisation that only by joining together with other employees, with the support of a strong trade union, can we begin to place employer/ employee relations on a more rational, equitable and democratic basis. During the present crisis in our industry, staff in the private sector, lacking adequate trade union organisation, have been taking the brunt of increasing redundancies. They are experiencing a decline in real income and have seen their salaries and conditions fall behind those of their unionised colleagues in the public sector. Many are forced to look on helplessly while employers unilaterally (and illegally) alter their contracts of employment to increase hours or discontinue payment for overtime. At the same time, staff are increasingly concerned about the product they produce, the use to which itis put, the way their work is organised, and job satisfaction. As individuals we can achieve little. By organising together we can take our rightful part in these decisions: in the office, in the professions, in the industry, and in society. Most building design staff in the public sector belong to the appropriate, TUC-affiliated Public Sector Staff unions. It's now time for private sector staff to join together with the backing of strong union organisation. A trade union isthe recognised and orderly way, protected by legislation, for employees to collectively negotiate with their employers. TASS is the only effective union in which building design staff in the private sector are actively organising. Join TASS... ...and decide with your office colleagues, in consultation with staff from other offices, and with the expert advice and support that only TASS can give, what the key issues in your office are. Do they ITT [( Seajocky The full weight of the .Job security union ind professionalism will help you pre: adequate and realistic salaries, with ‘ewards for qualifications, skils, responsi performance. Staff organised in TASS doing this for vears. ..and conditions Hours, holidays, pensions, office con in inc contracts of employment can no mor than pay. St t to make progre: by joining together inTs ecDelay een Even in the building profi 101 im iways Uunavoidabl When it i: taf hould & Ppald alan appropriate rat or given tilmn off lieu. TASS ha: forked for responsible staffing levels, not ove ome people and unemployment for ot! ni ma's'coyatt=y alesete ire already over 20,000 women >S has ben in the forefront of th for equal pay, conditions, and education employment opportuniti 0} jomen enjoying th ami iahts and benefi! 55S mem! l women in al VYomen Committe: | ind ai presented directly on the u xperienc: .designing forwhom What isTASS? 170,000 professional, technical, administrative and clerical workers are members of TASS, the autonomous staff section of the one-and-a-half million-member AUEW. Another section of the AUEW represents 35,000 workers on construction sites Why TASS? The Building Design Staff section of TASS was set up at the request of staff from throughout Britain who met at an independent conference on 14 May, 1977 to decide on one union within which to organise. They chose TASS because of its record as an effective union for design staff in engineering plus the strength and quality of the support TASS can offer. TASS is the union for all people employed in private sector offices in architecture, surveying, engineering and planning ...whether in consultancies, industry and commerce, or the voluntary sector. A London Building Design Branch of TASS has been established and is rapidly growing. Outside London, building design staff are joining the general TASS branch in their locality. As more and more join TASS, similar Building Design branches will be set up in other areas. Members are kept in contact by a National Advisory Committee of members employed in building design. How does TASS work? The organisation of employees in each office is the key unit in the union's structure and the means whereby staff can democratically and collectively have a real voice in the decisions which affect their work TASS members in each office decide the policy they wish to pursue and the means to use to achieve it. Union officials are called in only at their request. Broader TASS policy is determined by the members through the branches, the annual conference, and elected regional and national executives. Administration of the union and professional assistance is by 45 experienced, full-time officials and 150 back-up staff at head office and 25 regional offices throughout Britain and Ireland. are you a professional, technician, secretary or receptionist in Architecture Surveying Engineering Landscape Design or Town Planning? Do you want to begin to deal effectively with vital issues at work? Then join TASS and build a strong, active, democratic and unified staff organisation in your office and among your 50,000 colleagues in ‘private sector’ firms. want to know more? Contact TASS Head Office or your local TASS representative. If a number of you are interested in joining, a union official will arrange to meet you. But you can join now by completing the form enclosed and returning itto any TASS representative or to: The General Secretary, AUEW-TASS, Onslow Hall, Little Green, Richmond, Surrey TW9 1QN Tel: 01-948-2271. BRIDLINGTON PROCEDURES The TUC has laid down procedures governing the relationships between unions. These were agreed by the affiliated unions at a congress held in Bridlington in 1939, These procedures are expressed in Principles. It is as well to have a broad idea of what the main ones entail. Principle 1 indicates that unions should co-operate, work together and reach agreements on matters of joint interest. Principle 2 states that anyone who has been recently in membership of one union should not be accepted into another union without consultation between the unions concerned. Principte 3 requires that cach union will use an official TUC enquiry form to carry out Principle 2. Principle 4 says no union should accept a member from another union who is under discipline, engaged in a dispute or in arrears with contributions. Principle 5 covers the situation where one union may be recruiting in another union’s patch, or where a union is holding on to negotiating rights for a staff area when it no longer has members in it. Neither practice isallowed. Principle 6 refers to dual membership, i.e. holding the cards of two unions. This can only happen if both unions mutually agree. General TASS Committees should be on the lookout for any breach of the Principles stated above. Occasionally some union members break the Brid- lington rules by applying to join another union and ignoring, or giving wrong information in the section of the application form which requests details of past and present union membership. There have been cases where an easy going member- ship have allowed individual members of other unions to come into a TASS organised area. Often this is the first stage of establishing a bridgehead which will eventually lead to the other union claiming negotiating rights in the TASS ficld. The consequences have inevitably been disruption, dispute and in many instances, a loss of organisation altogether. Anyone who joins a union by means of a false declaration is seriously risking isolation from all properly organised memberships. If a Committee suspects that Bridlington Principles are not being observed, the Divisional Organiser should be informed immediately and the matter will, with the aid of the Branch officials, be investigated. Memberships will avoid Bridlington problems by consolidating their position with procedure agreements and 100% membership agreements. TASS Head Office has a special department for dealing with Bridlington issues. The DivisionalOrgani- ser will know when and how to involve it. > Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource TASS Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived John Murray Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1977-1981 https://nam.maydayrooms.org/files/original/062cc69005d64cce5ce3281cd7bffa1c.pdf dd62b3513adb4ccd8b109ea899be2df5 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Trade Unions and Architecture Description An account of the resource Themes included action on asbestos and Health &amp; Safety, and involvement with Direct Labour Organisations and Building Unions. Following comparative research of possible options, NAM encouraged unionisation of building design staffs within the private sector, negotiating the establishment of a dedicated section within TASS. Though recruitment was modest the campaign identified many of the issues around terms of employment and industrial relations that underpin the processes of architectural production. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource TASS-BDS Subject The topic of the resource Some Ideas for its Development Description An account of the resource TASS Building Design Staffs branch ~ some ideas for its development . Although trade unions offer its members fringe benefits, the core of a trade union is the willingness of its members to make collective deci- sions and for all to abide by them . This will be somewhat abstract until we are in a position in one office tospeak and act on behalf of the work- place . Only when members can succesfully take on an employer, and through collective action obtain what would not have otherwise been possible , will we be in a position to show building design staffs in general that trade unionism is essential for them . We should place a lot of emphasis cn building at those workplaces where we already have members . Members should not simply try to sign up more menbers, but to consistently talk to other employees, with a wiew to establishing office meetings, evem if not everyone is in the Union. Although it might be a bit premature, it would be a good idea if each office elected a shop steward (or correspondingmember), to be responsible for keeping in contact with the branch, to collect dues, and to ensure that he or she regularly kept in touch with members in the office about Union matters . Whilst office meetings are necessary to involve as many workers as possible, and to discuss their particular grievances, the monthly Branch meeting is the democratic core of the branch . The Branch should elect an Executive Committee whose role woud be the servicingof the membership individually and collectively . Committee members should be allocated areas on top of their organisational responsabilities (treasurer, scretary,...) The Committee is to prepare the agenda of the Branch meetings and carry out the decisions of the Branch promptly . The first task of this Committee is the establishment of the London Branch . Its subsidiary role,in conjunc- tion with the May 14th Unionisation Committee, is to advise nationally on possible recruitment outside of London, and to promote a survey of pay and conditions to offer a material aid to members in dispute . General research should be done around the following points . * A study of pay and contions in the Public Sector to bring up the Private Sector to that level at least . * a figure for a nationally negotiated minimum wage ($70 p.w.e. is the pre- sent national average) to protect trainees against low pay . * Deceht overtime rates to be included in the contract of employement, and notice eeofjobs(againsttherightofemployerstogiveonemonth's Although there might be 500 architectural workers in private firms unio- nised, in general trade unionism is foreign to architectural offices . There are Msny reasons for this - including the relative mobility from one firm to another, the traditional nature size of most effices which encourages personal thanto other employees . But these factors union membership has never been higher, has been amongst white collar workers, particularly women . At some point each office will have to face up to gaining recognition, implicitly or explicitly, form the employer . We must take care that a confrontation is not precipitated before support of a substantial proportion of the workers . This is likely to be done on those points which unite everyone . The key to building an effective branch is across the board membership - collective action requi- res maximum unity - and we should not get bogged down in considering the differences between the various types of building dewign staffs (we don't want to produce several different leaflets to'appeal' to different categorie of the profession, the small loyalty to the boss rather are not immutable . Trade and the most spectacular growth we have at least the passive * A study of pay and conditions of Agency staff . We could then argue for their to secure and decent employment . The ‘closed shop' should be used to make agreements with employers to control the work contracted out 2 In general, we hope to be strong enough tobuila trade union which can represent the workers on all questiens affecting their work , and to veto any plans by the aprtners which harm the interests of our member- ship and other working people . «.A National Design Service to provide decent building design for ail based on need . This to be done in chnjunction with a nationalised buil~ Ging industry . 2) Wages . This branch is opposed to wage restriants . To improve our wagess, we should fight for : - the establishment of a national minimum wage , to protect the low paid . - Pay should not be eroded by inflation, at a minimum wages should be automatically guaranteed, - Across the board increases to improve the real value of wages . ~- Equal pay for women with no regrading of jobs . 3) Unemployent . This branch is opposed to ali forms of redundancies, wether compulsory or through ‘natural wastage' . To protect our members’ and other workers jobs we sheuld fight for : > Work sharing with no loss of pay to maintain jobs .» ~ the opening of books of firms creating redundancies, or not providing decent working conditions . ~ No subsidies, nationalisation of firms creating redundancies - - A programme of useful public works to create jobs . General policy motions .« 1) This branch is opposed to the social contract . It was sold to the labour movement as a guarantee to maintain jobs and the social wage in return for pay restraints . Insteed we see nearly 2 million unemployed savage cuts in the go gal services, We therefore support rede unionists who oppose a further round of the social contract . and prices racing ahead of wages oe . Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource TASS-BDS Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived John Allan Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Undated 1977 https://nam.maydayrooms.org/files/original/61de4ddd3c2aad47571fc45b8ec9d544.pdf d9a6550c1d163e2794ef5606a4ae5943 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Introduction and Origins Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Tolmers Destroyed Subject The topic of the resource Report on the effect of property speculation on the Tolmers Square community. Not listed elsewhere. 16 printed A4 pages Description An account of the resource Contents Introduction This report shows what a large property developer has donetoasmallareainthecentreofLondon. Itspur- ose is: E 1. To stimulate immediate action in Tolmers Square. 2. To persuade Councils, Governments and ordinary people to take action to prevent anything similar happening again. The financial operations of property companies have been exposed in other publications. Here we concen- trate on the effect of one property company — Stock Conversion and Investment Trust on acommunity. _ What follows is not only a moral condemnation of those people who run Stock Conversion and their ass- ociated companies. It is also an incrimination of a sys- tem which allows these people to operate in the way they do. The Tolmers Square development area lies due west of Euston Station. It consists of decaying Georgian terraces, shops, workshops, warehouses, Indian rest- aurants, cafes and pubs. In this report we are primarily concerned with the property owned by Stock Conver- sion and Investment Trust, as shown on the next page. Buying Property Stock Conversion have been buying property in the Tolmers Square area since 1962, using several subsidi- ary companies as agents, to allay suspicion. They have now amassed approximately 5 acres. What follows are extracts from notes kept by one owner occupier at No. .Tolmers Square. “15 March 1968 Received first letter from an agent saying clients interested in acquiring No. .Tolmers Square.” “I made one phone call to Agent...to say that I cannot do anything until my husband returns from abroad.” “28 February 1969 1rang Agent who con- firmed that J. Levy is their client -they expect to start a development on the triangle of Euston Rd./ Hampstead Rd./North Gower St, which includes Tolmers Square, in 2 years time.” “12 March 1969 First offer received from Agent — £3,000. (Ignored)” “27 March 1969 Letter received from Agent asking for a reply to above offer — clients prepared to increase offer. (Ignored)” “15 May 1969 Further letter from Agent asking what are my terms?” 21 May 1969 Ifinally wrote to Agent saying not interested as offer does not represent market value of house and not sufficient to buy a comparable house. Told them to come back when plans accepted by competent Authority.” “20 June 1969 Agent replied to above saying clients prepared to allow me to remain in the house (at a rental) for a couple of years. What price would Iaccept? (Ignored) November 1970 Land costs now estim- ated at £375,000 per acre. At this figure /and on which my house stands isworth £10,000. “3 December 1970 Agent rang to say clients now prepared to offer more than previously (£3,000) — would pay in excess of £5,000 if vacant possession given. I told them my position is same as 2 years ago and am not interested.. This approach coincided with an article in local press that Housing Minister told Camden to look elsewhere for cheaper land.” “17 August 1973 Agent wrote to say clients now very interested to purchase my house and wish to discuss price. (Letter igndred).”” “30 January 1973 Draft CPO notice rec- eived...”” These extracts show the methods used by Stock Con- version to purchase the land. There is nothing illegal about it, but it depends for its success on the owners being unaware of the plans for the area, and thus the true value of the land. The above owners were not to be bullied. Not for financial reasons, but simply because they do not want to move- they like it in Tolmers Square. Other owners were not so smart and gave in after per- sistent approaches from agents. They invariably sold for sums far below the true market value. Five houses in Tolmers Square were sold for £3,500 each in 1969. Even then the land value alone of each house was £10,000. Now itisapproaching £30,000. 1965 1970 Increase in the market value of land. INTRODUCTION BUYING PROPERTY NEGLECT & DECAY Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 a) Removing the people b) Leaving Property Empty c) An Occupied House Page 5 Page 7 Page 11 e) Demoralisation CONCLUSION APPENDIX — ABrief History of Redevelopment Page 15 Negotiations. “2 April 1968 Agent asking ifI have made a decision.’ (letter ignored) “16 May 1968 Third letter from Agent asking if|am now ready to discuss sale.” (letter ignored) “25 February 1969 Agent phoned to ask if any decision forthcoming as clients were going to have a big meeting in the Haymarket office (obvi-- ous now that it is J. Levy)” Edited by Nick Wates -June 1974 Published by the Tolmers Village Association 102 Drummond Street London NW1 Tel: 01 — 387 4004 Further copies available (20p including postage). Layout: Barry Shaw, Suzi Nelson, Penny Reel. & others. Typesetting: Penny Reel Cover Photograph: Martin Slavin Map showing property owned by Stock Conversion & Investment Trust. (No responsibility is taken for errors). Page 12 Page 14 Second letter from Aerofilms 1969 £50,000 Zz 2 and we would First Remove the People CASE 1. Ms. E lives-on the top floor. For 3 years her roof leakedsobadlythatshehadtohave adustbininher room to collect the water. She constantly complained and every few months Levy’s builders came around and re-plastered the ceiling; a completely pointless ex ercise since itcame down again the next time itrained In fact, what was needed was a new gutter, and when the TVA complained about the situation, a new gutter was fitted within a few weeks. CASE 2 Mr and Ms. C have lived in North Gower Street for 35 years. They have two rooms on the first floor. They have no bath. They have cracks in the front wall thro- ugh which you can see daylight. There is damp on the kitchen ceiling. Ms. C used to keep flowers on the balcony but has given it up as she is frightened to walk on the balcony.in case it collapses. They have comp- lained to Levy’s but the builders say they cannot spend more than £5 or “the boss would kill me.” CASE 3 Ms. D one day found that her front door bell was no longer working, so she phoned Levy’s who sent a man with a van up from South London. The old bell was rusty and obsolete, yet the electrician twisted the wires together and got it to work. He said he was un- able to put in a new bell as it would cost more than £5 Needless to say, the bell broke down again a few days later. This £5 ceiling for repairs has been mentioned by several other people, and shows an extraordinary men- talityonthepartofapropertycompanywhosenet tangible assets in 1973 were over £62 million, and whose total profits for 1972/73 were over £5 million. Not a penny is spent on painting or maintaining the exteriors. The balconies inTolmers Square are a symbolic ex- ample These balconies are structurally very strong with steel bars protruding from the front wall of the house. But if they are not painted, the weather penetrates the plaster facing which then cracks and drops off, so giv- ing the balcony the appearance of imminent collapse. If left in this state for long, the weather erodes the brick pillars until they become unsafe. But at this point instead of replastering and painting, Levy’s builders merely knock down the balcony altogether, leaving an ugly scar. There is little objection from the residents, as by this time they are terrified that every time they walk in and out of their front door it is going to coll- apse, and are easily persuaded (wrongly) that the bal- conies are structurally unsound. The first balcony was taken down in 1969, and now only8 of the original 15 are left standing. TWO HOUSES IN TOLMERS SQUARE: Guess which house isowned by Stock Conversion? No obvious cases of winkling have come to light. Fortunately all the remaining tenants are oncontrolled and unfurnished tenancies. Stock Conversion’s methods are more subtle: they simply do the minimum of repairs, and do thosebadly, until the tenants are so fed up that they can’t wait to. get out. Martin Slavin Gower Street Houses taken from a Martin Slavin “The neighbours warm and friendly, The shops were bright and gaysnem Until plans were developed To change their lives one day.” (extract from apoem by Margarite Westo, akcal resident) As members will be aware, the area is run down and ripe for redevelopment.” (Camden Council Minutes 10 Jan 1973). That the area is now run down is evident toevery- one.W hether is is ripe for re-development is open to debate. W hat is seldom asked is why the area is run down. On closer i spection it appears that the area is run down mainly as a result of the activities of Stock Conversion who seem to have a deliberate policy of creating neglect and decay. “Our areawillneverbethesameaga not want it to be. What we would like is to bring back the varied life and bustling activity of the commur ity asitwasbeforepoliticalandfinancialspeculation ~ stepped in to lower the quality of life and cause the houses to fall to rack and ruin,” (Sheenagh Goodingham — Tolmers News No. 4) CASE 4 Mr. and Ms.A live in Hampstead Road with their two children and Ms. A’s mother. They are Greek and can- not speak English. They live on the first and second floors for which they pay £20 per month. The third floor has been empty since 1960 and ispresently occ- upied by an assortment of buckets and baths to collect the water which comes through the roof and subsequ- ently to their flat. The basement and ground floors have been empty since 1948 and are frequented only by rats. A musty smell emanates from these floors and pervades the whole house. Many of the walls are damp and peeling, and in the toilet it is only several thicknesses of lino which prevents one from falling through the rotten floor. There is no bath. “Someone came round from Stock Conversion three months ago, but they said they were not inter- ested in doing repairs because the buildings would be coming down. They didn’t say it like that, they used big posh words that we’re not used to.” explained Ms. A’s son-in-law, who was acting as interpreter. AccordingtoalocalnewspaperreportCae Journal 7/6/ 1974), a spokesman from’ I.E.& J. Levy said “Nobody from here has examined‘the house at all.”*He suggested that the men who called on the family were “probably bogus and from one of these local associations which set themselves up as do- gooders.” “If you are talking about the top floor, the family doesn’t have the top floor as part of their ten- ancy, so it is no concern to them.” he added.” As soon asany property isvacated, either because the occupants move away or die, it is boarded up and left empty. At present Stock Conyersion own 67 houses. Of these, 14 are completely empty, or occupied by squatters, 31 are partially empty. Altogether, 242 habitable rooms are empty, which represents 39% of their housing stock. They also own approximately 98,000 sq. ft. of commercial space, of which 28,000 sq. ft. is empty; comprising 8 shops, 1 bank, workshops, storage and offices. Over 2/3 of an acre of their land is vacant or being used for temporary car parking. Some houses in the area have been empty for over 8 years. This is totally absurd when in 1971 the number of ‘officially’ homeless in Greater London was more than 13,000. (Shelter Paper 4 1972) POPULATION DECLINE These figures taken from the electoral rol show the decline in population in properties now owned by Stock Conversion. The view from the kitchen window Georgian house empty in North Gower Street |b= Le s ey / _ t= ‘ she i Ci a* . te hie aT = =wi 3S a> 1953 1955 1960 1965 1968 1972 1974 342 312 269 249 243 189 173 + 39 squatters. i Leaving Property Empty (Editor's survey, May 1974) Camden Journal buckets and baths to prevent the rain water in the top room. Martin Slavin mpys Cung he ) ‘ ' CASE 5 As soon as a building is left empty it starts to decay; leaks in the roof go undetected, windows are smashed and left broken, pipes are ripped out for their metal content, and vermin breed. Several houses have had their roofs deliberately des- troyed, the tiles having been taken off and stacked up neatly; probably by lead thieves. With water running constantly through the house, ceilings collapse, rot sets in, and decay is guaranteed. This is the inevitable consequence of leaving houses empty and can only be construed as a deliberate policy to cause neglect and decay. CASE 6 In 1972, Ms. F, unable to find anywhere to live, was staying with a friend in North Gower Street. She not- iced that one of the flats in the house was empty, so she rang D. E. & J. Levy, the agents of the block, and asked if she could rent the flat. At first they fobbed her off by ‘denying the existence of the block.’ But after further phone calls and persistence, they did admit that one of the flats was vacant but “the block is coming down and it’s not worth re-letting.” However, they were kind enough to offer her an- other flat with a 3 year lease for £2,500 and £25 per week rent. Unfortunately, she had to decline the offer. Two years later, still being without a flat, she decided to occupy it without permission and squat. ENTER THE SQUATTERS With so many houses empty, it was inevitable that squatters would move in eventually, despite Stock Conversion’s efforts at making the houses totally un- inhabitable. The first Stock Conversion house was occupied in September 1973, when 8 people moved into No. 12 Tolmers Square. The House had been empty for 18 months. The ground floor and basement were bricked up, the roof was leaking, windows were smashed and the toilets dismantled. Water and gas had been dug up in the road, and al the water pipes in the house had been ripped out. Electrical wiring and fittings had also been taken. The house had been used by dossers and cats and was piled high with rubbish and cats’ shit. Two months later, at a cost of roughly £100, and a great deal of labour, this house was providing a home for eight people, each with a room of their own, plus a shared living room, kitchen/dining room, and toilet. All the services had been re-connected, windows un- bricked and repaired, and the roof repaired. Since September, 8 other houses haye been occup- ied and restored. They are now housing 39 people. No. 12 BEFORE No. 12 AFTER Tiles removed from the roof ofa house in Hampstead Road. Leaving houses empty and derelict does not merely affect those people who might otherwise have been living in them. It affects the whole community. Empty houses attract vanadalism, dossers, damp and rats. Shopkeepers suffer because trade windles. Residents suffer if shops have to close down. In once case, an inhabitated house in Hampstead Road suffers permanent damp because the house next door has had its roof removed. An empty shop in Drummond Street was nick- named “the pet shop’ because people could watch rats playing behind the glass. Eventually the Council came around and whitewashed the windows. A symbolic gesture. Martin Slavin The Eis an Indian restaurant in Hampstead Road run by Nepalese people. They obtained a lease from D.E. & J. Levy for the ground floor and basement. As the restof the house was vacant, the staff of the restaurant moved upstairs, and spent a considerable amount of money in doing it up. When Levy’s found out, they asked them to leave immediately. The manager tried to persuade Levy’s to rent the upper floors, but with- out success. He was told that because the roof was in bad condition (although it did not leak), and because the house did not have an inside toilet (like many of the houses in the area, the bathroom and toilet are in the back yard), it was not possible. The staff now have to commute to Finchley by taxi every night after they close the restaurant at 1 am to get a few hours sleep before being back at 9 am, to start work. The house upstairs remains empty. 213 North Gower Street is one of three adjacent houses owned and left empty by Stock Conversion. It may also provide clear evidence of deliberatevandal- ism by the owners. The rear dormer windows and framesofeach house have been pushed out and are still where they fell in the back yards. The rainwater gulleys have been removed and, in 213 at least, holes punched in the adjacent wall. Rainwater running off a rT’ An Occupied House Collapses ral! above: an empty house decays. On Saturday 13 October 1973, an occupied house owned by Stock Conversion collapsed with only a few minutes warning. Mr. Maria Castro and two friends who were living in the house managed to escape with- out serious injury, although they lost al their possess- ions. Mr. Castro suffered extreme shock. The cause of the collapse was never made public despite a call for a public inquiry made by the TVA. Camden’s District Surveyor felt that there was no need for an inquiry. He commented that “thebuilding just got tiredof standing.” According to the Hampstcad & Highgate Express (19 October 1973), a spokesman for D. E. & J. Levy said they would be holding a thorough investigation into what had happened. The results of this have not been released. Various theories were put forward as to why the building collapsed: It may have been affected by the heavy traffic in Hampstead Road; or by strong vibrat- ions which occured when piles were driven into the ground for the foundations ofthe Euston Centre across the road; or perhaps an ill-conceived conversion, which knocked holes in the party wall to make a large caravan showroom and thus weakened the struc- ture. Some people believe it was deliberate, as Builders hired by Stock Conversion were actually working in the building minutes before the collapse. While it would be unfair, perhaps, to accuse Stock Conversion of deliberately knocking the building down, collapsing houses is the logical conclusion of their pol- icy of neglect and decay. “Joe Levy was responsible for this” was an extremely apt, though short-lived, slogan painted across the hoardings. The unwillingness of the Council to hold an inquiry into the cause of the collapse shows the reluctance of the Council to take any action which might antagonise Stock Conversion. left: The potential of the house becomes apparent after squatters have begun work + OO yeneaee vbbbber the roof pours into the room below and holes, probab- ly deliberately made, in each of the floors, allows this water to run down the inner face of the wall. In time, the wall will, ifleft, bow and eventually collapse. This house has recently been moved into by squat- ters, who are attempting to renovate it and make it habitable. moys cung New Civil Engineer Ken Morgan i |iis (D.a ily Telegraph Magazine 30/10/1970) The Tolmer Ci a was another victim. It was bought by Stock Co 1and closed in March 1972. No- one asked the + rons if they would prefer an office block Mr. Andrew Keeshan, the manager, said; “It’s a terrible shame to see the place close. We haye more than 1,000 regular patrons and Idon’t know where they will go.” (St Pancras Chronicle 17/3/72, The cinema was pulled down in June 1973, despite a petition from local residents asking that it should be left standing until they had moved away. Stock Con- version just moved the bulldozers inone Saturday morning. For over a year, the site has remained empty, surroun- ded by abarbed wire fence. Stock Conversion wanted to use the site for a car park but this was quashed after a petition to the Council from the Tolmers Village Ass- ociation. The Association wanted to use it for a child- ren’s play area or recreation space but Stock Convers- ion was not amenable to the idea. There is no profit in playgrounds. Who Are The Real Vandals In Our Society? Ken Morgan Destruction of Tolmer Cinema ‘A mere two tube stops from the Cinicenta you'll find, if you look hard enough, “the cheapest cinema in the UK” -the Tolmer.....at 2s 6d. downstairs, and 3s 6d. up, it is probably the cheapest cinema around, and just to make sure that this fact doesn’t breed contempt, there’s a little notice pinned up above the ticket booth No sleeping in the s ...the university crowd are turning ~ ,“and we get a lot of young couples. The is a loyal matinee too: old age pensioners. Some of them come three times a week. We only charge them Od-” Slavin Mart Demoralisation All these tactics employed by Stock Conversion lead to demoralisation. In Tolmers Square no-one is surpri- sed to see things collapsing any more. Decay and neg- lect have become ‘the way things are’. They are part of life In practice, this means different things for differ- ent people. Some people (those that can) give up and move elsewhere. But the majority are not so lucky They cannot afford to move and the Council has been unwilling to rehouse people until the land comes into their ownership. (Why should they anyway? They didn’t cause the problem). These people just sit and wait and watch things falling apart around them. Some are angry, but most are merely disillusioned about everything and every- body and give up al hope of ever being able to do any- thing constructive. Sometimes there is talk about what a nice place it used to be, but even this is forgotten and gives way to the shame of living in such despicable surroundings. As Ms. H, a particularly resilient person, says; ‘I want to get out. It’s not for me, it’s for the kids. They’re ashamed to live in these houses.’ Her son, aged fifteen, won’t tel his friends where he lives, and will never let them come into the house. ‘He keeps saying, “when are we going to move?”’’ The whole of Tolmers Square now has such a neglect- ed, crumbling appearance that only those with tech- nical knowledge, or vision, can imagine that it is poss- ible or desirable to renovate and restore it. In fact, the houses are structurally sound and could still be renov- ated if action is taken soon. Martin Slavin “The buildings date back to the mid-nineteenth cen- tury, and although the original standard of construct- ion is not high, the houses have stood for over a hund- red years and are capable ofa useful future life.” ‘The case for retention should not be based on the extent of structural work required. Virtually al the buildings in the area will have a further 30 years life if certain localised repairs were carried out.” (Renton Howard Wood (Consultant Architects) Report No. 2, March 1974). The situation described is intolerable in a ‘civilised’ society, and exposes the inadequacy of our present system for managing city development. To summarise the situation in Tolmers Square: 1. Stock Conversion’s interests in the area are purely financial. They are only responsible to their shareholders, probably none of whom live in the area. No-one who lives or works in the area has any control over Stock Conversion, nor any way of influencing them, other than by direct action. Yet Stock Conversion have been able to disrupt the lives of many people, and virtually destroy a thri- ving part of a city. They have been able to exploit the rising land value and rising office rents to such an ex- tent that the Council has been unable to develop on their own, so forcing the Council to do a deal with them in order to obtain any re-development, a redev- elopment made increasingly necessary by Stock Con- version’s destructive behaviour. 2. Successive councils have been completely un- successful in carrying out any development or main- taining the area. Despite repeated declared intentions tore-develop ,they have been constantly thwarted by lack of planning legislation, lack of resources, and lack of government support. 3. Asa result, the area has suffered extreme plan- ning blight. 4. The vast mass of housing and public health leg- islation has proyen totally ineffective in preventing decay, bad housing conditions, and loss of amenities. 5. There must be an end to speculation in land and property. The government must either nationalise land, or tax al speculative profits at 100%. What has happen- ed in Tolmers Square is largely the result of rising land values. The land has risen from £50,000 per acre in 1965, to approximately £800,000 per acre in 1973; an inc- rease of 1,600%. Even if the land is compulsory pur- chased now, Stock Conversion would still make a profit because the Council (in other words, the ratepayers and taxpayers) would have to pay compensation at the pre- sent market value of the land; approximately £3 million. This profit would be obtained by doing absolutely no- thing except buying up land and running down a com- isrise in land value has nothing to do with the area itself, but merely the potential use of the land which is determined by planning permission given by local authorities. Inother words, itisa yaluecreated by the community at large. All profits created by the exploitation of this increasing value should therefore accrue to the community, and not to private individ- uals. As far as Tolmers Square is concerned, the whole area must be brought into public ownership immedi- ately, and legislation should be introduced so that the community does not haye to pay the inflated costs. 6. Planning and management must be decentralised so as to give people more control over the places they live and work in. Whether the controlling agency is a Council or property company, it is becoming increas- ingly clear that they are unable to plan or manage their property effectively. Resources and power should be channeled to as lowalevel as possible; i.e. to com- munity associations, tenants’ groups, self help projects etc. Only in this way will the barbarity presented in this report be avoided. & = = If these houses were renovated, they would almost certainly provide a higher standard of housing accom- odation than can be provided by new Council constr- uction at the present time. CONCLUSIONS a APPENDIX Brief History Of Redevelopment Negotiations commercial profits. However, the end result was that Stock Conversion stood to make £20 million profit, whereas Camden’s subsidy was £3'% million. Camden’s officers were asked to commence nego- tiations with Stock Conversion. 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1968 1970 _ Planning application submitted by private developers to build a 24 storey block on the site between Tolmers Square and Euston Rd. * (eventually shelved) Another planning application submitted for asimilar scheme. (also shelved) LCC start considering including the area in a comprehensive development area. Stock Conversion and Investment Trust star- ted buying up property in the Tolmers Sq. area. At this time land was worth only £50, 000 per acre. _ Planning blight sets in: An owner occupier is advised by the Council’s (St. Pancras) archi- tects department ‘not to make any expensive decorating or repairs — just normal upkeep’ as demolition is imminent. (Owner occupier’s diary} ; Camden Council issued a compulsory purch- ase order on some of the property in the area. Owing to ‘financial aspects’ none of this pro- perty belonged to Stock Conversion. The Minister of Housing and Local govern- ment turned down the compulsory purchase order principally because of the excessive cost of the land, at that time considered to be in the region of £300,000 per acre. The minister was not prepared to pay more than £200,000 per acre. The increase in land val- ues was of,course largely the result of Stock Conversion’s activities. Smaller speculators and landowners, realising what was happen- _ing, revalued their property upwards, so con- tfibuting t6 the general inflationary situation in land prices. Stock Conversion proposed a deal to the Council for ajoint redevelopment scheme. 1973 Jan. July. Aug. Sept. The Council considered that the Levy deal was ‘the only way in which the Council will obtain the planning objective of comprehen- sive development providing asatisfactory housing content.....and at the same time, ensure that the land can be acquired at a cost acceptable to the Department of the Environ- ment’ (Council Minutes 10 January 1973). The Council therefore approved the heads of agreement, and started issuing compulsory” purchase orders. Claudius Properties proposed a deal to Cam- den Council. They offered to do exactly the same as Levy except that being a non-profit making company, al the profits from the scheme would be ploughed back into the community. —(The Tolmers Cinema was demolished) The Tolmers Village Association was formed by local people to represent their interests. The Council’s Committe Planning and Res- ources Committee (now in charge of Tolmers Square development) recommended that the Council should go ahead with the Levy Deal. They rejected the Claudius proposal on the grounds that the ‘Secretary of State would be most unlikely to confirm a compulsory purchase order to enable the Council to carry out the proposals.’ Stock Conversion were by this time the major landowners with a total of 4.96 acres, and the Claudius proposal was dependent on the compulsory purchase of their property. Land was now costing between £600,000 and £1,000,000 per acre. The “Stop The Levy Deal Campaign’ was launched by several Camden tenants’ groups to persuade the Council to change its mind on the grounds that: “CAMDEN willsacrificethechanceofhou- sing twice as many people with the money from Tolmers Square. CAMDEN will sacrifice the chance of proving that the profits of commercial dev- elopment can be kept for the community. CAMDEN willsacrificethechanceof proving that the power of the big developers can be challenged. (Stop The Levy Deal Leaf- let). 8,000 signatures were obtained. The full council turned down both deals pending investigation of other alternatives. 1971 THE LEVY DEAL “The company was to retain one acre of the site on which it was to build 250,000 square feet gross of officespaceand120,000squarefeetofindustrial space; the remainder of the site was to be turned over to the Council to build housing. As part of the bargain the Council would support an application for an office development permit — despite a plot ratio of 8: 1 — and obtain compulsory purchase orders on any part of thesitenotownedeitherbyStockConversionorthe Council.’ (CIS Report). In addition to subsidised hou- sing land, the Council was to be given a share in the | TOLMERS SQUARE Oct. Nov. _ Occupied house in Hampstead Road collapses. 1974 April | Compulsory purchase orders are issued but again not on any of the property owned by Stock Conversion. Instead, the Council asks their officers to prepare a report on the ‘imp- lications of acquisition by compulsory pow- ers of further housing and other properties in the area.’ (Council Minutes — 24 April 1974). Martin Slavin Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Tolmers Village Association, Edited by Nick Wates Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Andrew Brown Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource June 1974 https://nam.maydayrooms.org/files/original/d02a1f8a6dd8dabadc764422910e4972.pdf c9ee42f7dfa6c648724234f1c92923b6 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Trade Unions and Architecture Description An account of the resource Themes included action on asbestos and Health &amp; Safety, and involvement with Direct Labour Organisations and Building Unions. Following comparative research of possible options, NAM encouraged unionisation of building design staffs within the private sector, negotiating the establishment of a dedicated section within TASS. Though recruitment was modest the campaign identified many of the issues around terms of employment and industrial relations that underpin the processes of architectural production. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Union based Initiative Subject The topic of the resource Role of Unions - Case History from Hackney Description An account of the resource ne0NebON.BUASED iNeiotbALTaVe LN AC KN EY DRAFT MAY 1978 ROLE OF THE UNIONS - CASE HISTORY FROM HACKNEY Tom Bul ley May, 1978. Notes for NAM Conference, Birmingham, 6th May, 1978. PREAMBLE: - autonomous intervention, not incorporation through consultation THEMES: Take your own current job and conditions seriously, make connections and overcome barriers using existing democratic means; when blocked create more direct forms of access to power under democratic control. THE HACKNEY STORY: ' A case history of attempts to relate trade union activities to the content of work, and to develop inter-union co-operation in one London Borough." BACKGROUND INFORMATION: Hackney and Hackney Council Union structures Nalgo Management structures Direct labour force Building management Architecture and Planning Building Programme (lack of) History of the Problem Struggle for jobs Democracy as a precondition for democratic design. Democratic design as an immediate social need and expression. Forms of democracy Design as a social process Democratic management Feb. 78: Mar. 78: Apr. 78: UNRESOLVED ISSUES: Postponement of Joint Working Party Meeting Partial revival of Dept. Working Party Unblacking of ACHO post (or not). Reports to Policy Committee. Scramble for Staff. Policy Committee. Leaders Panel (HIP). Leaders Panel (Partnership). Departmental Meeting. Unblacking of work to Consultant Architects {or not). Planned building programme Corporate Programme Borough Plan (and the struggle for Planning) Client roles in design - institutional - direct (i.e. users) Producers' contributions to design - in detail - in concept Worker's Alternatives (alternative plan) CONNECTIONS TO BE MADE - OR DEVELOPED: Tenants groups Residents groups Community groups Research groups Pressure groups Political groups Activists Councillors Hackney NALGO / other departments Joint Hackney Unions NALGO / TASS Building Workers Unions Other local authorities architects Private architects NAM Community Architecture- Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Tom Bulley Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived John Allan Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource May 1978 https://nam.maydayrooms.org/files/original/9d43869f467f8e8bee5ebda449c7c478.pdf 3a333afb33704c7545b37503583d1246 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Professional Issues Description An account of the resource A cohort of NAM members became engaged with the professional registration body, standing as elected councillors on the Architects Registration Council and its various committees. Hitherto entirely dominated by the RIBA bloc, the Council began to yield to a new dynamic through NAM's involvement, enabling fresh perspectives on such issues as mandatory fee scales, greater lay representation on the body, ethically-based standards of professional conduct, etc. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Open letter to Unattached Councillors re an 'Unattached Handbook' with draft contents Subject The topic of the resource Open letter to Unattached Councillors re an 'Unattached Handbook' with draft contents (4 sides) Description An account of the resource I have been worried for some time that while we can claim to be democratically elected (unlike the R IBA) to ARCUK, the links we have with unattached architects are tenuous. The annual election statement is an inadequate form of communication. But if the unattached continue to grow we must find some way of ensuring that the ideas we supposedly represent are well understood by our constituency. It is all very well the AJ quoting "unattached leader John Allen" referring to NAM principles, but these were formulated nearly a decade ago. Furthermore are we ourselves in agreement as to what these are? I think it would be futile to try and organise a conference or even regional meetings - too much work for too little return. Instead I think we should produce a handbook setting out our ideas and giving an account of what we do in ARCIJI<. If launched at a Press conference, with attendant publicity and adverts in the Press, we would get at least some unattached writing to us for copies. Such a document could be written so that it doesn't date too quickly and could be used to broaden support through mentions in community, trade union and political publications. We could even have a go at the National Press. If we are serious about ideas to have architects accountable to society through ARCUK we need a document which sets out our programme succinctly and backs it up with supporting data. This can be used to lobby the Labour Party and the Alliance in an effort to get our ideas adopted in their programmes. We have only two years to get this done unless we want to see Rod Hackney as personal architectural advisor to Neil Kinnock as well as Prince Charles vlLm€ 2 . I suggest a document which we could write easily from material most of us have to hand. Dividing up the work and then circulating a final draft can be an efficient way to get things done. I would be willing to take on some of the editorial and administrative functions providing we agreed to meet for a day to final ise the text. I suggest that we finance it by putting in an amount like DO each which we would recoup from sales - but we would need to look for further money for advertising and distribution. I am circulating this before the next Council meeting, hopefully there will be an opportunity to discuss it then. If you will not be there - please 'phone me by October 10 with your comments. Best wishes Enc� Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Tom Wooley Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived JA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 4.10.85 https://nam.maydayrooms.org/files/original/002230b0c0b8e3f24c7309c7bb425668.pdf cfa4fe2ef060f1ba71d99e99efdb4fe4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Alternative Practice Description An account of the resource This investigated other forms of organisation of architects' offices based around the concept of cooperative working and shared equity. Several members went on to establish their own practices adopting such models. A pre-eminent example was Support Community Building Design, which emerged from a small group of graduates from the Architectural Association which went on to create a cooperative practice focused on potential client groups in society which traditionally were not the beneficiaries of the architectural profession which, we would have said, was essentially the handmaiden of capital. These groups eventually included local authority tenants, women's groups including refuges, ‘black’ i.e. racially self-defined groups. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Notes Subject The topic of the resource Alternative Practice to Guide Discussion' (1 side) Description An account of the resource 4th N. A.M. Annual Con$ress 1978 Cheltenham 'Alternative Practice' Some Notes to Guide Discussion There has been no specific interest group in NAM concerned vich alternative practice or 'community architecture 'though there is a great deal of overlap vith the PDS group However there have been a number of developments which make it important for NAM members to clarify their psition on these topics These are The growth of groups such as Support , ARCAD , the Feminist Design and Build Group and so on . The attempts of the RIBA to get Government assistance and credibility for their ideas of 'community architecture' The growing interest in co—operative of employment in the private sector Firstly there seems little doubt that it is feasible for a group like Support to be set up and find fee earning vork with tenants cotmnunity; trade union and radical groups . The details of how this happens and the associated problems can be discussed . There are contradictions ia vorkiag in the private sector and a debate with the PDS group which may emerge at this congress but the demand for such a service from groups who vould shun conventional RIBA Architects must be acknowledged By dealing with real and immediate problems it would be possible to carry out research and propoganda which would aid the long term proposals of PDS . Meanwhile the vorking class and labour movement can be more effective if it has good buildings to live in and vork from Secondly there are some vho advocate co—operation between NAM and the RIBA to support the Co:mnunity Architecture Group proposals for a Community Aid Fund . They are asking Reg Fresson for E 2 million . If ve are . to critiscize the RIBA these critscisms should be more articulate and videly understood . There are 'progressives' involved with CALG vho would make overtures to NAM but independent approaches to FReeson are more likely to be in our interest Thirdly there vas a very succesful seminar on October 20 attended by about 30 architecst and others which discussed co—operative forms of organis ;mg practices . Mary Rogers vill be able to give a report on the results of this meeting It is suggested that in the morning vorkshop ve discuss more general and political issues and the points of conflict and co—operation be discussed with the PDS group in the plenary . At 6p.m. in the evening ve hope that a number of NAM members from different groups vill give short presentations with slides about vork they have been doing Tom Woolley Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Tom Woolley Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived JA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1978 https://nam.maydayrooms.org/files/original/de47d02d3470650b4eccafa46490e3ff.pdf 06250635f1919ec1e222244d20669ce0 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Alternative Practice Description An account of the resource This investigated other forms of organisation of architects' offices based around the concept of cooperative working and shared equity. Several members went on to establish their own practices adopting such models. A pre-eminent example was Support Community Building Design, which emerged from a small group of graduates from the Architectural Association which went on to create a cooperative practice focused on potential client groups in society which traditionally were not the beneficiaries of the architectural profession which, we would have said, was essentially the handmaiden of capital. These groups eventually included local authority tenants, women's groups including refuges, ‘black’ i.e. racially self-defined groups. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Occasional Paper Subject The topic of the resource Characteristics of Community Architecture 19pp Description An account of the resource �THE CHARACTERISTICS OF COMMUNITY ARCHITECTURE AND COMMUNITY TECHNICAL AID Edited by Tom Woolley WHO IS PARTICIPATING? Towards a new professional role. N. John Habraken TOWARD A THEORY Of PARTICIPATION IN ARCHITECTURE C. Richard Hatch WHAT IS COMMUNITY TECHNICAL AID? A talk to the Annual Conference of the Association of Community Technical Aid Centres — Liverpool, April 27, 1985. Tom Woolley May 1985 �Preface 'Community Architecture' has received a great deal of attention from architectural papers and a small amount from national newspapers. However, attempts to define the term or to explain its characteristics and reasons for its emergence have been done in only the most superficial and journalistic terms. The three papers included here give a general overview of the subject but locate discussion of the role of designers and architects in a broader analysis of politics, economics and concepts of participation and professionalism and try to go more deeply into the subject. There is a pressing need for more detailed and specific accounts of the way in which lay people, user groups and comunity action can involve professionals but it is also essential that this should be informed by a broader view. All three papers here attempt to provoke discussion and debate around these broader issues. The first, by John Habraken, was given at an International Conference on Design Participation in April 1985 in Eindhoven. Habraken, whose ideas of 'Supports' were highly influential in the 1960s as a critique of insensitve mass housing, set up the SAR, a research unit in Eindhoven. In 1975 he moved to MIT in the USA. Habraken neatly stands the normal discourse on participation on its head. Instead of allowing people to participate, he argues it is the professionals who should be asking if thu can participate and what they have to contribute. This is a refreshing perspective when most of the journalistic accounts of community architecture give all the credit to the architects and invariably present them as the initiators of participation. The second paper by Richard H?tch sets out the principal ideas in the book, which he edited, The Scope of Social Architecture, (published by Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1984). Hatch argues that the success of participation in architectural projects must be measured not so much through issues of design product and participation, but how such projects create opportunities for people to change their lives. While I reached similar conclusions in my PhD thesis (Community Architecture: An Evaluation of the Case for User Participation in Design, Oxford Polytechnic, 1985), I think there are dangers in the way Hatch presents his case. This is because he appears to be over-emphasising the idea that architects and professionals have a key role to play in changing peoples' lives and initiating projects. There are subtle differences here of emphasis and analysis but both papers should be a useful stimulus for discussion because of this. The third paper, not previously published, is the text of a talk given at the Conference of the Association of Community Technical Aid Centres in Liverpool in April 1985. In it I attempted to support •the case for Community Technical Aid as a model for how professional services for community groups and participation projects should be provided. There is likely to be a long and difficult debate about these issues as competition for Central Government funds increases. Hopefully, what unites all three papers is the idea that the yardstick for evaluating experimental professional servies, should be the way in which they benefit the users, the clients rather than the professionals themselves. Tom Woolley Glasgow, May 1985 2 WHO IS PARTICIPATING? Towards a new professional role N. John Habraken The idea of participation is a quarter century old, give or take a few years depending on how one interprets past events. It was in the early sixties that the role of the user began to be discussed in professional circles. I remember I found it encouraging that John Turner published a first article about his experiences in the barrios of Peru within a year from the publication of my own writing, based on observations in Holland. In those same years many began to speak and write about the concerns that bring us together today. But it was only in the second half of the sixties that the term "participation" came into use as a result of an intensified and increasingly politicised discussion. A review of the past must be left to the historian. I only recall the old days to suggest that the idea of participation has been around long enough for us to ask ourselves how useful it still is and to what extent the ideas can serve us in the future. This, of course, is very much a matter of conjecture and personal opinion, but it seems, nevertheless, a reasonable question to raise. I hope we wili formulate a new agenda for the future and do some projective thinking. Such thinking can not only be an extrapolation of the past but must also include a critical look at what happened so far. Perhaps the best contribution I can make as a "key-note" speaker is to give you some of my personal thinking on where we are, in the hope that it will stimulate others to the same. To begin with, I must confess that I have always been ill at ease with the term "participation" . try not to use it that frequently. It is easy to understand how the word indicates a certain position one can take relative to matters of habitation with which I sympathise. Used as a label for a common attitude I can, for instance, applaud the idea of a "participation conference" like the one we are engaged in now. The term, however, is used for two meanings that point in opposite directions. Some advocates of user participation mean user decision making power. They want to place under the responsibility of the user certain decisions that the professional is used to taking. In this case the word indicates a new balance that can only be achieved when some transfer of power takes place. It is a meaning that demands fundamental, structural change. The other meaning does not denote a transfer of responsibility; the professional domain remains the same. Here the term participation means that the layman is asked to voice his opinion. He is promised to be heard and to be taken seriously. This meaning indicates a change of procedure within an unchanged balance of power. The difference, obviously, is significant. The Dutch language has two different terms for it: "inspcaak" and "zeggenschap" . These can be translated to: "to have a voice" and "to have decision making power". Unfortunately, there are no exact equivalents in English. We all know the different positions one can adopt relative to these two meanings. I do not want to go into that now. There is another aspect to the term participation which is perhaps more pertinent to our meeting today. In the two distinct meanings we found so far the issue is the relation between the professional world and the world of the lay people; the users, as we call them. Those who advocated participation, in whatever meaning of the word, were always those who felt that we should reconsider 3 our professional the task.tacit belief The so called that professionals participation could movement do it was all. basicallyWe are a reaction to here because we know it takes both sides to have a healthy environment to Participation is advocated, in whatever and form, knowledge by those resides who refusewith the paternalistic model and know that experience lay people as much as with experts. But when we take a somewhat broader view, along a historic perspective, the term participation is peculiar. Because when we use it we mean that the user must participate in what we, the professionals, do. We want the people to participate in the emergence of their shelter. Yet, come at about the without same time thewe know that the majority of settlements still, today, direct intervention of any professional designer or, for that matter, any other professional except local craftsmen. We also know that, in history, most dwellings came about without the use of designers or engineers as we know them today. In the past the professionals we are thinking of when we argue participation, professionals like us were at best active in the design and construction of monumental buildings serving the temporal and spiritual powers of the day. We must also remind ourselves that we come from a more recent Western European tradition in a bourgeois society in which the architect was invited by the client to come and design his house. This relationship is still with us, in its pure form, when architects design villas for individuals who can afford their help. In other words, until a few generations ago, until the beginning of this century in fact, we were always to be invited by the user client to participate in the birth of a building. Earlier that same kind of building usually came about without a professional designer acting as the midwi fe. In this broader, historic perspective it is legitimate to ask who is participating in what? That architects at a certain point came to think that perhaps the user should participate, could only occur because in modern times something extraordinary happened. For a number of understandable and, I am sure, unavoidable reasons the responsibility for the shelter of a large part of the population in Europe came in the hands of a professional class: bureaucrats, lawyers, architects, engineers. This is the period of the mass housing projects. For several generations professionals could think that human settlement completely depended on them. Architects sincerely thought they carried the future of the built environment on their shoulders. (I remember a prominent colleague declare that, if we designed the right kind of cities, there would be no more war). To us, today, this notion sounds naive, indeed unbelievable. But that is the way it was and therefore, in the sixties, it had to be argued that this was impossible, if not plain wrong and it was proposed that the users be brought into play. Now, after all these years, we must again take a distance from what we are doing. What is happening in a broader historic perspective is, I believe, that a professional class is still trying to find the poorer way to participate in the age old process of human settlement. Indeed, it is us who must participate. Humanity has done without us for a long time, and would, we can be sure, survive and continue to build if we were to disappear overnight. Yet, we feel we have something important to contribute. What is it? This question is much less rhetorical than it sounds. I do not turn the participation issues upside down to make a witty remark, but because it illuminates the very quality of our task. By reversing the issue and asking ourselves how we can best participate, we ask, really, what it is we contribute to the process of settlement that no one else can. And this, • it seems to 4 me, is the question to be answered. We can not be responsible for everything, nor can we control everything. We participate in the drama of life and settlement, and the more precise we can formulate what exactly is our irreplacable contribution to it, the more effective we will be; the better we will be able to educate the next generation and the better we will project research and experimentation to improve our professional performance. The participation movement has questioned the professional's role. It was, inevitably in the beginning, a negative position. The advocates of participation knew something was wrong but could not know yet what the new professional model should be. This new model, I want to argue, is not that of the benevolent practitioner who lets people participate (in either of the two previously found meanings). It is the model that comes from the pserspective I propose here: that shelter is part of daily human life and will come about whereever and whenever people will share space. Today, in a new age where so much more is possible, the professional plays a crucial role in that process. Yes, our participation is important. That, I suggest, is the correct way to state our position. All this is to say we have passed the ideological stage. By now it ought to be possible to point out what are the makings of the new professional we represent. A professional is not known by what he does, but by the way he does it. Anything a professional does - building, designing, healing, writing contracts or teaching - laymen have done first and will continue to do. Professionalism lies in expertise and expertise rests on skill and method and knowledge. Much work has already been done on this score. Each of us, here today, has contributed by practical work, by experimentation, by thinking and writing and trial and error, to a new expertise. A new body of knowledge and professional know-how is emerging. Much of that experience has found its way to others by means of publications but even more circulates by word of mouth in seminars and meetings and through personal contacts and by papers and reports; world wide networks are working and overlapping with one another, all operating, in the true spirit of its participants, in an informal way. However, this implicit way of developing new expertise may soon no longer be sufficient. Today, we must become much more explicit about the skills, methods and knowledge we can bring to bear in the new role we have chosen. At a certain point more formal structures and more organised networks must be available to allow for further growth. This is particularly important in a field where the individuals who represent it are scattered over the world and still relatively small in number. There are very few institutions that actively seek to promote and support the development of the new knowledge we are talking about. National agencies, like those for aid to developing countries and, on an international scale, institutions like the World Bank may be providers of resources but do not play an active role in research for new methods and skills nor do they actively exchange information. Few architectural schools seek to educate the new professionals we have in mind here, and even fewer can find money for research or suffic— ient resources to build strong links with practice in the field. John Turner has been a tireless advocate for a better exchange of information among all concerned, but so far his valuable work remained largely exploratory. A magazine like Open House International clearly answers a need and can therefore survive on a minimum budget, . but could do much more if proper funding were available. SAR, here in Eindhoven, has begun to think about an international role but it is too soon to tell what the results may be. In short, we seem to be at the stage where stronger structures must surface that serve future growth of skills, methods and knowledge of the new practitioner who is already operating. 5 Our new professionalism — because and effective that is really organisational what we are steps talkingto about here - calls for practical secure its growth it and is necessary future development. to the vision But, that important must drive as us.this byExperiitself may be, ence must be gained, methods must be developed and tried, new knowledge must be codified and new teaching must be done. But all this will only happen if we know what we are about: if we of know the what new our kind participationgo about their really must accomplish. manner The practitioners and are not very interested in what the work in a self evident glossy magazines say. They do not measure their accomplishments against the teachings of professional and schools find of pride the and awards satisfaction of professional in the workorganisations. They go their way they do, keeping informed through those more informal, less pretentious channels. They may work for years to reorganise a squatter settlement, may be involved in upgrading an materials, old urban find quarter, a smart may little design program and developfor a simple components from local hand held calculator to be used in the field, or they may design an infrastructure for a new settlement, an expandable housetype, an adaptable building, and so on, and so on. We all know the variety of activities no one had heard of twenty years ago. How cen we describe this new role? Is there a model? It is, of course, difficult to characterise the common attitude of such a variety of individuals and activities. Perhaps it is even foolish to try. But I do believe I detect a common denominator in the sum of the incidental examples that come to mind. What brings us together here and what motivates so many others is what we discussed earlier: the knowledge that the environment is a phenomenon that will occur, spontaneously, wherever people live and share space ; the knowledge that we need not protect "Architecture" or determine "Its Direction". Our mission is to understand what is going on, how this natural phenomenon of settlement occurs, how it can stay healthy, how it gets sick, how it can recover. Most importantly, we see ourselves as those who not only study the health and well being of the built environment, but who know - a little bit - how to help it become better, how the single incidental act can contribute to the whole, how the whole can improve, can be nourished by our particular intervention. it is this knowing of our position towards the built environment that gives direction to all we do. Sometimes the well being of the environment requires physical design and the proposition of new forms, sometimes it requires the availability of certain resources, sometimes it means work with people and sometimes with materials. Sometimes it is geared to the specific conditions of a locality, and sometimes it has to do with general principles that are applicable under generally stated conditions. But in all cases we see ourselves, not exploiting a situation for the sake of an extraneous peer group standard, but nourishing something that is alive to make it better, stronger and beautiful. The attitude that I try to indicate here is the attitude - I have said it on other occasions as well - of the gardener who works to let plants grow, who knows what soil and light and rain they need and intervenes in a process to improve it. To have a good garden we sometimes must make an infrastructure: dig the soil, make paths and provide water. Sometimes we must reorganise the distribution of plants. Sometimes we must feed and stimulate. Sometimes we must weed and trim. At all times we must propose forms, suggests forms, help forms to come about. The gardener is in touch with physical things, working with his hands, but he also understands life and knows he can not make plants but can only help them grow and become healthy. 6 Our traditional role model is that of the carpenter. We are builders by inclination and know how to put materials together into a coherent whole. This is indeed the trade we come from, and the instinct for built form moves us. There is nothing wrong with that, but designing is not carpentry. be a carpenter one must work the wood. It is a trade to be exercised. The designer, on the other hand, puts down the piece of wood to think and propose to others how things might be put together. He stands between things and people. He cannot push aside people to impose his own form, nor can he just talk to people and be ignorant of buildings. I know metaphors have their limitations. However, what I like about the image of the gardener is that it. includes all the dimensions our profession aspires to: giving from, understanding a site, light, colour, texture, proportion, organic forms, nature and above all, environmental space. The gardener, like the architect, is conversant with all of this but something important is added: the dimension of change and growth. The gardener's subject has a life of its own. Trees will grow and make shadow. Shadow will make new species emerge, these will in turn stimulate changes elsewhere. What distinguishes the gardener from the carpenter is the dimension of time. The traditional architect was there to build the monument; his role was to defy time and place a stone in the river of life. This is a worthy role but a limited one, because it is only appropriate for the exceptional case, the new practitioner, I am sure, is the one who accepts the fluid movements of everyday environment and rejoices in them. He knows that life is rich, unpredictable and ever changing and that buildings and cities are part of life: are the product of life itself. Change is the key to our new professionalism. Not the technical change of flexibility - this technical term is inadequate here - but the change of everyday life. Not the disruptive change for the sake of "progress" either, but the change that comes from continuous adaptations and accommodations that are the heartbeat of the environment; the change that assures continuity. It is this kind of change that comes naturally like life itself and which is, indeed, hardly known when it is there. We only notice what goes too fast or too slow, not what goes right. It is remarkable that architecture, as distinct from engineering or the sciences, never acknowledged change as positive. Only when we study the transformations of things we will find what is constant. Therefore a body of knowledge, particular to architecture, will not come about unless we can identify the particular way in which architecture sees change in things as distinct from the ways engineers and physicists see it. I am convinced that the new professional attitude we are discussing here is the key to a new concept of architecture. Not, to be sure, a new style. Styles are results, not causes. dut a new discipline with its skills, methods and knowledge. Our newly gained interest in the dimension of time, and the uses we learn to make of it in our work, will render obsolete the skills of yesterday. By now I have moved far beyond the scope of participatory issues. This I did on purpose because I believe that there is a larger picture we should not ignore. The attitude of the gardener, the practitioner who, by intervention, seeks to participate in a live process is the model we have found to be effective. One can come to this attitude, it seems to me, by many routes, the route of participation is only; one. And if I am not mistaken, this is precisely what is beginning to happen. Let me try and explain the signs I see. 7 To begin with, there is architectural research. It is understandableof that much of what is called architectural research today is, in its way working, still close to engineering and the sciences. Environmental control, behavioural studies and building systems could already begin to develop without the new perspective we are exploring here. However, the new architectural understanding of the phenomenon of change is beginning to influence these very fields. In Holland at least, systems builders have begun to connect their products to specific levels of intervention. This link between the material system and the party who manipulates it over time was missing so far in the more general trend towards open systems. In Japan the nationwide investigation under the title "Century Housing System" is also interesting in this regard. Advocating open systems it likewise links use time to system's identification. In building economic* studies are conducted to introduce the concept of the building as composed of different systems with different lifetimes. An approach that emerged independently from the idea of user intervention, but is obviously compatible with it, bringing economists and architects together, comparing notes. Equally interesting from our point of view are the great many studies of particular environments that have been done in the last ten years. Observation is the foundation of all research. There is, among architectural students and researchers, a considerable interest in documenting everyday built environment; their forms, their transformations over time, their uses, their territorial interpretations and so on. It is almost as if we have begun to see, for the first time, the built world we live in. Some cf us, including colleagues here in Eindhoven, know, for instance, the work cf Fernando Domeyko who has spent many years documenting with the kind of relentless impartiality that can only come from great love, the ways and forms of everyday urban environments. He not only shows us the streets and the buildings but also the interiors and all the furniture and utensils that have their place in them. His work, never published so far, and ever growing, is unique in many respects. In a very different way, but with similar singleminded power, Christopher Alexander has brought to our attention the timeless patterns of the built environment. Patterns that come about, when people settle and are given a chance to cultivate their environments. There may be different opinions as to what they mean and to how we should use them, but Alexander brought them to our attention. People like Domeyko and Alexander make us see, and it is only when we accept the built environment as something that lives by its own energies, that we can begin to observe it in the ways they teach us. In that same attitude we find, in architectural schools, how each year students, when given the opportunity, begin to observe and document environments that they are familiar with, demonstrating a similar love and attent ion for details. They come with maps, photographs, written observations and it is astonishing how much knowledge comes to the surface once they discover that it is alright just to recognise an environment. There is no such thing as an uninteresting environment, there are only uninterested observers. We are beginning to discover the built world all over again, just at the time that we are in danger of losing it by the tragic ignorance induced by the "isms" of our ideological discussions. The experience we have through SAR is another indication that research begins to develop once one accepts the new attitude we are discussing here. The methods proposed by SAR could come about because the environment was seen as a complex form consisting of different levels of intervention with different actors on each level. We were not interested in the architect's ideas and personal values although these are obviously important, but in 8 the way the architect could contribute to the freedom and growth of forms under the responsibility of the users. We focussed on the interface between the professional and the living environment itself. This approach paid off when builders, manufacturers and managers began to see its potential. Here we have an example of architects' research feeding into technology and management. The irony is that it is therefore not recognised by some architects as relevant to architecture. It is precisely this broadening of the field, that is significant but it is understandable that it causes confusion in the beginning. With the introduction of the computer we find an increased interest among researchers to find out what designing is about. If we do not know what we are doing, how can we make a computer help us, or take over some of our tasks? Thus methodology becomes the key to the computer. Methodology, perhaps more than any other aspect of architecture, is based on the understanding of change in the built environment. It is the study of ways to interven% that is, to change. Change reveals the laws that are constant and it is on the constraints that methodology is founded. As a researcher I came to appreciate this connection and began to realise that my interest in participation was primarily because it makes the issue of change unavoidable. It was not, I must confess, the user's interests that drove me, but the broader interest of a healthy built environment which, without the users intervention is unattainable. If I have a message, therefore, it is that, today, we must begin to see participation as a component of a broader development. The ground is shifting in our profession making obsolete the labels of yesterday. It is the power of the new attitude we discuss here that it frees those who adopt it and makes them move into directions that are rejected by the traditional professional ideology as "not architecture" . It is again the younger generation that has the courage to trust its instincts. At MIT we find an increasing interest among architecture students to connect their design studies to other disciplines. Economy, management, technology, housing and so on. Of course, one can advance a practical explanation for this. Where jobs become hard to get, it may be prudent to have some additional expertise. But things ace never that one-dimensional. It also has to do with intellectual hunger and a feeling that we have drawn too tight a boundary around architecture. Where, on the one hand, the discussions about architecture become more and more esoteric there are, on the other hand, among the younger generations those who simply go into new directions venturing outside the ever higher fences around the increasingly barren fields of the post modern movements. Like those interested in the participation of users much earlier, they begin to explore new, uncharted territories. In a similar way, interests in participatory processes bring people from different disciplines together. The variety of disciplines on the roster of speakers in this conference is witness to this. Where I , in my old fashioned way, speak of architects and designing, Thys Bax and his group had the good sense to decide we should meet, not because we represent a discipline, but because we share an attitude. Ours are not the only professions that seek a new definition for their mission. Lawyers, and medical doctors are also discovering that life may go on and may find new ways, without them. At the time I was preparing for this address I saw an article in the New York Times by Henry G. Miller, a lawyer, titled "The lawyer is no. 2, not no. 1" and he states among other things: "There is no intrinsic necessity for a legal profession. They can do away with us. One may not easily conceive of a world without physicians or engineers, but the role of the lawyer could be supplanted by others". 1 would not be that at ease if I were a physician, but the fact that I found 9 this article in the paper right then was no coincidence. Signals like this have appeared for years to those who would listen. But while I am an architect and interested in the architect's new role,TOWARD A THEORY OF PARTICIPATION IN ARCHITECTURE you may permit me to return bias more to my than own anything field to else. conclude. My prupose All I who have was may to said,openRichard Hatch obviously, reveals my of beC. the debate. The question that is interest to the a new historian professionalismProfessor watching the addition current to scene the traditional is whether we architect's will see role the old? master There builder;maySchool of ArchitectureInstitute of Technology in replace as the Jersey emerge New or whether we will find the new professionalism more profound forceNewark, New Jersey 07102 USA only be a new kind of specialist. But I believe a attracts us and makes us seek a new role. Today the future of architecture will not announce itself by grand statements and manifesto's as used to be fashionable with the modernist generation. Nevertheless, there is a profoundINTRODUCTION shift taking place coming from a quiet of individuals but thoughtful who and do very matter-of-The widespread acceptance of the principle of user fact revaluation by a growing number into more interesting not shout andwhenparticipation is the major achievement of architecture in the they don't like what they see, but the just field. move This shift will change the veryrecent past. However, problems in participatory design theory promising directions, expanding all architecture. There always have limited the impact of this new direction in architecture. nature of our expertise and touch others who do not need will the beproposals for design participation, almost without exception, prima-donnas and there always will, of be the many profesion rests have looked to improvements in architecture user satisfaction as the measure haveof limelight to grow, but the future with those who seeksuccess. Adaptability, good fit, and to re-define its role.been set out as key criteria for evaluating participatory projects. It is important to note that these are all ways of describing buildings, or at best relationships between buildings and users. An alternative and potentially more effective approach would start with a theory regarding the effects of participation on the participants themselves——and then define architectural practice in terms of desirable individual and societal outcomes. PROBLEMS OF CONVENTIONAL PARTICIPATION THEORY The principal objections raised against conventional design participation——from both the right and the left——weakened the movement because they were fundamentally valid. First, participation rarely engages crucial guestions of social life and the city. The movement has had a strong tendency to focus on the individual and the nuclear family and view tends to minimize the importance of relationships at the workplace and in the community. This questionable emphasis on the private realm and the ideal of individual satisfaction has also limited the arena for participatory design. Housing is the program of choice, and even within this narrow scope the majority of schemes involve users only in the m configuration of personal space. The concept of architecture as collective as well as personal representations is lost. Second, the architects' traditional building orientation, found even in particpatory designers, reflects an impoverished view of human needs. The fascination with architecture as object continues to obscure a broader view of buildings as elements in a total environment meant to satisfy complex human drives . This is, perhaps, an inheritance from the Modern Architecture which stressed "the problem of dwelling" and posed the alternative: Architecture or Revolution. In its most simplistic formulations, human needs are reduced to so lei 1, espace, verdure, and that these should be 10 1 1 incorporated in correct dwellings (to be enjoyed, presumably, solipsistically) . Architects are still accustomed to thinking about needs only in terms that are tangible and quantifiable: numbers of families to be housed, acres of required parkland, work stations or hospital beds to be built.... The argument here is that there is a more fundamental level Of needs that has at its source drives to competence, to community, and to critical awareness, and that architecture——the process of making the capable of both creating and satisfying these fundämental needs. Third, the participation movement's preferred conception of the user as consumer exercising sovereignty over an expanding array of choices has its own difficulties. It is silent on guestions of energy and resource conservation. It appears indifferent to the socially-determined nature of consumer wants in a class society: wants that are exogenously induced and in constant change cannot be "satisfied" by participation. Sharing a contradiction with other proposals about consumer sovreignty, design participation is unable to explain how individuals might indicate a preference for collective goods, such as art, leisure, education, or equality. Lastly, it minimizes the importance of production: conceiving, making , exchanging. Proposals about the direction that participation ought to take, the issues to be stressed, the nature of the encounters between architect and user, and the distribution of authority over decisions reflect particular conceptions of human nature, history, and .the process of social change. An alternative theory of participation in architecture, then, begins with a proposition about architecture and human needs . ALIENATION AS PROBLEM FOR ARCHITECTURE The problems which participation in architecture must address——from the intractability of mass housing to the strong lack of affection most people feel for urban environments——are of relatively recent origin. It is my view that they result, not so much from the gap between client, user, and architect which followed the industrial revolution, but from the radical changes in the organization of life and work which accompanied it. The combination of urbanization and industrialization closed off many traditional avenues for the satisfaction of human needs without reducing the needs themselves. The history of Newark provides us with an example of the transformations that created new problems for society——and new tasks for architecture and for architects. In the 1830s, the Industrial Revolution loomed just over the horizon. But in Newark, craft production was still the rule. Shops were small, and following the familiar pattern, they were usually attached to the masters' houses. Women and children played important roles in the workshop as well as the home. The family was the basic unit of production as well as 1 2 consumption. Each worker owned his own tools; journeymen and apprentices reasonably expected to be self—employed one day. Small groups of workers made entire products in their independent shops. Products made in this traditional way were stamped with the personalities of their makers. As specialized workers, they were, of course, already tied into a market economy. In a market of these dimensions, economic interdependence was felt as personal interdependence. Exchange made these artisan households a community. By 1860, Newark's crafts had been industrialized or were well on their way to being so. Factory competition was intense: less than nine percent of male heads of households remained self—employed. The remaining workers, who possessed neither tools nor skills that were not generally available, were rapidly losing Control over the conditions of work. Hours were up; wages were down. The likelihood of rising to a position of ownership was becoming remote. Once forced to give up control over the arena of production, workers found that control of other crucial areas of life was also quickly stripped away. Workers no longer had discretion over the place of work, the pace of work, or the purpose of work. For most, employment came to be confined to a few simple and repeated operations. The ever—narrower division of labor, far from refining the skills of specialized workers, now ensured that each need know less and less about' the processes of production in which they are engaged. Adam Smith, whose very name is associated with the division of labor, correctly feared that the result would be "torpor of mind." The continuous process of deskil ling robbed work of meaning. Nothing has yet been found to restore it. The factory system finally broke the age—old nexus between life and work. The family lost its role in production and hence its independence. Dwel ling lost its sacred character and became another commodity in a world of commodities, allocated in accordance with the wage hierarchy of the workplace and organized into homogeneous communities based on class and race. Rather than the center of social existence, the family house became a place of escape, a haven in a heartless world. So long as home is consciously kept separate from the world of politics and power, participation in its design can be no more than an anodyne. In this sort of world, human capacities and desires tend to shrink to those that can be satisfied at a profit. Needs formerly considered among the most important——for creativity , for competence, for . It is my view that in this too brief historical analysis lies the agenda for participation in architecture: participation can be the means for overcoming alienation. Let me cite example from my own observation. 13 THE EXAMPLE OF CUBA In Cuba, with its heritage of this colonialism new role. and At exploitation,the victory of participation has in accepted 1959, the social situation there was an the Revolution exaggerated version sharp of spatial the general segregation history of of classes capitalistand development. A functions underscored the deep divisions within the cities—— and between the cities and the countryside. The separation of classes, and of manual and intellectual workers, was net. With little experience of self—government, no tradition of democracy or of self—government had developed. Almost from the start, the Revolution saw architecture as an instrument in the process of social transformation. At all scales, from the private to the national, architecture was called on to do more than make up the deficits common to underdevelopment. It was expected to change the relationships between men. architect Roberto Segre has written: The building oi socialism demands as a fundamental principle the creation OE an egalitarian society that permits to each member the maximum personal development and maximum choice between alternatives The designers of the physical environment have the reponsibility of interpreting these essential directives . In the early period, the need to build was overwhelming. housing, factories, schools, hospitals, roads.. . everything was needed. But raw construction was not enough. In 1963, Che Guevara wrote, "I am not interested in dry, economic socialism. We are fighting against poverrty, but we are also fighting against alienation." Grasping this truth, architects no longer focused entirely on guantitative results. The issues for Cuban architecture became eliminating segregation, challenging the narrow division of labor (and the low skill levels which it implies) , and creating active, engaged citizens . participation became the hallmark of the new era. Building programs were altered to maximize opportunities for popular involvement. Structural systems were invented which permitted intellectuals, farmers, and factory workers to contribute, along side experienced construction crews, to the making Of the new Cuba. New popular institutions were organized to channel the energies of citizens in campaigns for literacy, for improved public health, for cultural and educational opportunities, and for social construction. The microbrigade program is the outstanding example of participation in the -creation of the physical environment. Microbrigades are volunteer groups financed by their workplaces who come together to build new communities. On the large project site at Alamar in Havana, teams from the many of the city's varied industries and agencies are at work building badly needed homes, schools, factories, and shops. Professionals and mechanics, teachers and truck drivers work side by side. Because finished apartments are allocated through their different workplaces, this same rich social mix will end up as neighbors under the same roofs. Starting in their first year, student architects work on these construction sites, first as laborers, then as liaison between the designers and the future users, and finally as project directors——an exceptional professional preparation. At Al amar as on similar sites across Cuba, participation includes issues of personal satisfaction, but stresses more central issues of social life and work. And if the overarching goal is the creation of an egalitarian society, the objectives of participation are many: . Nation—building: participation in the creation of a modern Cuba is expected to build identification with the Revolution. . Growth of political culture: involvement in decision making and in negotiations between citizens and organs of the state is intended to lower the barriers between the governed and the government for the first time in Cuban history. . Women's liberation: significant participation opportunities for women have brought them out of the home and into the mainstream of national life. . Elimination of class divisions: carrying out common projects for the common good opens lines of commun— ication between groups and helps to overcome the traditional deprecation of manual labor. 5. Competence: an opportunity to shape the social environment generates creative energy, refines productive skills, and reinforces collective concerns. 6 . Transparency: direct involvement opens windows into the structure of society, its institutions, its values, and its technology. The formerly incomprehensible and alienating and managed for and by others ——is transformed into a place where people feel at home. NEW AGENDA FOR PARTICIPATION The central hypothesis of this paper is that the paramount purpose of participation is not good buildings, but good citizens in a good society. Participation is the means, and the richer the experience——the more aspects of the total architectural project opened to involvement, the higher the degree of participant control, and the more comprehensive the education that surrounds participation——the greater the impact on alienation will be, and the greater the recovery toward health. 15 WHAT IS COMMUNITY TECHNICAL AID? A talk to the Annual Conference of the Association of Community Technical Äid Centres - Liverpool: April 27, 1985 Tom Woolley Director, Housing & Rehabilitation Research Unit Strathclyde University, Glasgow As an architecture student, nearly twenty years ago, I once asked our Professor why our training did not include much about the people who would, after all, use the buildings we were going to design. ' If you are interested in people - you should become a sociologist' was his reply. Indeed, at that time many architects and planners believed that they could design environments that would ensure successful conditions whether it was through cities in the sky or streets in the air. Unfortunately, the sociologists did not tell the architects what people wanted, concentrating, quite rightly, instead on criticism of determinism: - the idea that physical environments could determine social behaviour. Unfortunately, few architects and planners paid heed to these criticisms and, to this day, many designers still believe that they as professionals hold the key to the solution of social problems. They see themselves as indispensible, an attitude which I want to call into question. But to come back to my personal story, I did not want to be a sociologist but I did want to learn about people, especially those who got the worst of our environment. Eventually I got involved in the Tenants' and Squatting Movement, but initially, my social conscience on my sleeve, I was sent by the University Settlement with a couple of others to decorate an old man's flat. The flat was damp and decaying and it was obvious the wallpaper would peel off after a few weeks. We had literally been sent to paper over the cracks. The old man, who was very poor, insisted on plying us with tea and chocolate biscuits and while we worked he criticised what we were doing. We should be in the Uniüersity, he said, learning how to be experts that would help people like him change society so that he could live in better conditions and relative comfort. I have never forgotten that simple political lesson and since then have searched for a way for professional expertise to be put to the service of radical political change. Such political change needs to be defined, not by the rigid programmes of political parties but the desire of everyone, if only they had the opportunity, to live richer and more creative lives. Lives enriched by the possibility, if they want it, to shape and manage the environment where they live, work and play. This morning, I want to emphasise the importance of a political perspective, something that is lacking in the development of technical aid, because we need to distinguish between those who pay lip service to such ideals and those who are genuinely willing to engage in the struggles that are needed to achieve them. To illustrate what happens when there is a lack of perspective, we need look no further than the current media interest in the development of socalled Community Architecture as typified by a recent article in The Times by Wates and Knevitt entitled 'Power to the People of the Twilight World. ' It is not clear who these twilight people are because we hear far more about the glowing achievements of the Government, the RIBA, the Prince of Wales and others. What is clear from this 'hype' , and that is what it is, is that someone thinks that professionals are indispensible, that it is they who hold the key to the problems of the inner-city. Articles like this largely create the impression that the credit for recent initiatives in the inner city goes to professionals, and not to the ordinary people who worked hard, often unpaid, to make them successful. 16 But what are these problems of the city, how are they caused and what contributions are professionals like architects and planners making to solve them? Inner cities and problems of environmental dereliction are only one symptom of a serious decline in social and economic conditions which are getting worse for most people, the poor, for women, ethnic groups, young people and the unemployed. Today 15 million people live below the official poverty line. The distributiom_of wealth. is also getting worse. In 1982 the wealthiest one per cent owned one fith of the total wealth, the richest ten per cent owned more than half. The poorest half of the population, which includes most of us, owned only four per cent of the wealth. In 1979 the twenty highest paid directors together received as much as 454 average male manual workers. By 1983 they were paid more than 722 such workers. The pay of managers has risen twice as fast as manual workers according to the National Managers Salary Survey. In Merseyside, with twenty per cent unemployed, we have one of the largest concentrations of low paid workers and yet the Government argues that it needs to scrap minimum pay legislation so that the people can 'price themselves into jobs. Despite increasiang poverty and bad conditions with 1.25 million dwellings unfit and 2.5 million affect by damp, the Government has made massive cuts in public spending on housing and social services. While many of these cuts have drastically curtailed unpopular and bureaucratic State services, they have still seriously undermined our quality of life. Furthermore, the cost of living has risen dramatically. For instance, rates have increased by 130 per cent since 1970 and this has largely been due to massive cuts in the rate support grant. Hackney has some of the most serious problems in the country and yet it has suffered heavily from cuts. Manchester has lost E73 million in real terms between 1981 and 1985. These are some of the statistics of the problems of urban reality is the withdrawal of State and industrial investment on a huge scale, with massive profits being made in speculation on the not re-invested in decaying areas. The outlook is bleak. Set context, the El million Special Grants Programme (which finances peanuts and only a few tiny crumbs of this go to groups inner city. The ,extent of activity which this small amount lates is surprising. Many of the projects with which Community Technical have been born out of a dissatisfaction with the paternalistic and ient public services the Tories are so keen to cut. So why are they taking to new initiatives?the money saved, . - the which local runs voluntary into Billions and self-help of Pounds, projects and giving that, Wates and Knevitt would have us believe, are pioneering solving the of the twilight world. Sadly, analysis of many initiatives will show that much of what money does come from the Government goes to professionals and contractors, even though some of their projects may be of people. A study for the London Voluntary Service Council showed help good was at fund a misnomer, raising, it with hardly the existed.right contacts It was and the knowledge professional system works who got access to resources in the inner city. This is why Community Technical Aid is important because Community I filter do not through think Technical which it is Aid resources ideal as a that model can it provides get should to be those a through source people of a who filter, information and advice.expert advice which is potentially accountable to people who need that 17 Of course, there are always some local voluntary groups that are so well organised that they know how to raise money, they know exactly what they want and they can hire and fire professionals, making sure they do what they want. But such qroups are rare indeed. My experience and research tells me that there is always a measure of dependence on the professionals. The professionals have expertise and information and they can use that power to reinforce dependence on, and the prestige of, professionals. This is why the model of the RIBA Community Aid Fund is fundamentally wrong. An elitist self interested, essentially Conservative body, receiving funds which it then disburses to deserving causes, usually architects, is no way to 'enable' (a favourite word of the RIBA). It is a recipe for ensuring that scarce resources are creamed off by professionals and that dependence on professional aid is maintained. Community Technical Aid, on the other hand, holds up the prospect of a vast network of locally based agencies providing all the skills and information required by local groups. Such agencies can be managed by those who use their services and can function in partnership with or even inside local authorities. Furthermore, they open up the possibilities of providing all the skills and information that user groups need. No private, commercial architect firms (even if they do call themselves Community Architects), can build up a pool of skills in architecture, surveying, planning, feasibility work, advice on grants, finance, accounting, legal knowledge and build up the necessary links with voluntary service councils, local authorities, builders and so on. Nor can they share expertise and experience in the same way. The architectural profession in particular is notoriously bad at this. One only needs to look at the almost complete absence of changes to architects' training to take account of these new areas of work. I believe that Community Technical Aid organisations have begun to provide a good service, especially in terms of process. Expertise in how to help get projects off the ground is well developed, though there is numerous scope for this experience to be better recorded and evaluated. I think we are less well advanced in terms of user participation in design and in the encouragement of lay people who can stand up at meetings and challenge the professionals who steal all the glory. The advantage of an organisation like ACTAC is that it can develop an agenda, a programme of changes which identify needs and take steps to tackle them, training, information, resources like a Participatory Design Laboratory, educational material, much needed publications. We have a great deal to do, we can pioneer the model of how expertise can be made available to lay people in a way that does not simply 'enable' This has become an over-used and out-worn slogan. We must empower people so that they are working, not only to mitigate immediate circumstances, but so they can change the whole way in which our environment is developed. Such a fundamental social change is needed whatever Government is in power. there is an upturn in public spending it must be under local control and not simply managed by professionals and bureaucrats as before, however sympathetic they may appear to be. Such empowerment can only come through working practices based on thorough political debate and shared understanding. Sadly there are opportunists among us who do not share a full commi tment to user accountability though I believe that such user accountability can be possible through both working methods and, or forms of, organisation. This means that in ACTAC we are not necessarily for one form of organisation only, model led on the Glasgow TSA or COMTECHSA and against private practice. 18 There are many members of ACTAC that are to all intent and purpose, private practices. However, they strive hard to ensure that, in their working practices, they are as accountable to their clients as possible. Furthermore, by joining ACTAC, we are all indicating a willingness to share our ideas, experience and knowledqe, rather than privatisinq it and using information to increase our power and profits. We are also working towards a situation in which Government finance to tackle social and environmental problems reaches those who really need it, channel led through organisations which can be accountable to local communities. This is why we need to join with the RIBA and others in establishing a working party to review present funding methods to ensure that Central Government understands the value of the CTAC model. We must be prepared to point out the disadvantages of channel ling finance to professional bodies which are not, in any way, accountable to ordinary people. What we must also do is to build greater support for what we are trying to do among ordinary people and among the organisations of the tenants' movement, housing co-operatives, trade unions and the voluntary sector. If we can do that, we need worry less about petty squabbles with the RIBA and others because there will be public demand for Technical Aid Services which the Government will ignore at its peril. For more information about Community Architecture and Community Technical Aid in the U.K. contact ACTAC Unit B688, New Enterprise Workshops South West Brunswick Dock LIVERPOOL L3 4AD Tel. No. 051 708 7607 ACTAC publishes a Directory of Technical Aid Centres: Price 5.00 plus post and package. This working paper is one of a series to be produced by the Housing and Rehabilitation Research Unit, Department of Architecture and Building Science, University of Strathclyde, 131 Rottenrow, GLASGOW GO ONG. Tel. No. 041 552 4400 ext. 3014. Many thanks to Dr R Beheshti Eindhoven University of Technology P.O. Box 513 5600 MB Eindhoven The Netherlands ings for permission of DPC Eindhoven to reprint 1985, the in Habraken three volumes, and Hatch can papers.be obtained The • full from proceed-the above address, price — 160 Dutch Guilders. 19 � Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Tom Woolley (ed.) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived JA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource May 1985 https://nam.maydayrooms.org/files/original/d965edd3906af8484a1a682c53f3ca21.pdf 7c6f03a6aadb133fe9abd755573eb5b4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Professional Issues Description An account of the resource A cohort of NAM members became engaged with the professional registration body, standing as elected councillors on the Architects Registration Council and its various committees. Hitherto entirely dominated by the RIBA bloc, the Council began to yield to a new dynamic through NAM's involvement, enabling fresh perspectives on such issues as mandatory fee scales, greater lay representation on the body, ethically-based standards of professional conduct, etc. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Notes of Unattached Representative meeting. July 1978 Description An account of the resource ARCUK Unattached representatives meeting Notes on meeting at Tom Woolley's house on 9th. July, 1978 Attended by : Tom W., John A., John M., Bob M. and David R. N.B. Next meeting : 17th. September, at 67 Romilly Road, London N4, at 11 a.m. Please let John Allan know if you cannot make it Agreed to persuade local libraries to have copy of ARCUK Register. Discussion of Way Ahead. Slogans at end to be more positive. Lengthy discussion on our position on Summerland. Agreed to get ourselves briefed by looking at AJ reports on the Enquiry etc. John Murray to write paper on Discipline principles. Bob Malz to contact Nick Wates for info on Summerland. Corporate advertising. We should force RIBA to stop until matter is settled - or unattached shouldn't be discriminated against. Motion on this to be formulated. Ledger of unattached motions should be kept, especially those we lose, and we should note who supports us. .“ John Allan to come to meetings as an observer / reporter for SLATE. Slate to write to Forder for credentials. Are members of public allowed to attend meetings ? John Murray to raise matter of whether RIBA facilities are paid for - possibility of alternative venue in the future. Directorships — not discussed. ICOM / TASS seminar important. (see enclosed Lathe from Mark Gimson) Limited liability - we are in favour. Ann is working on this. Tom and Support to look into this and insurance. Monopolies Commission David R. had disappointing meeting with Green. DoE rep. on ARCUK. Meeting to take place with Fraser. MPs to be circulated. Hallam Street address to be used for reply. Job Advertising. Bob Malz to redraft letter to Forder taking into account comments. Investments John Murray to ask for more details. Do they actually make money — Annual Report suggests Hill Samuels fees are higher than investment income. Need to press ARCUK for policy. 12. Visiting Board / BAE We should go and look at reports before next meeting. 13) Part 3 Examiners Are these 'separate' exams or for the ones set by schools. We need to find people to put forward . John Murray has been asked to by EE at Hull. Tom W. tofind out. 14. Visiting Boards Who are the ARCUK reps on these — what are the ground rules ? Unattached should be on them. 15. Unattached meeting for November We should ask people if they are interested in being on Visiting Boards or to be Part 3 examiners. Everyone thought the BD article was good. 16. Circulation of information We should send committee minutes to each other and reports to the liaison committee and Slate. Las NAM Handbook John Allan to write something. 18. ARCUK Handbook We should attack it, especially Metcalfe's foreword. 19. Action on Norman Arnold's letter Discussion of this. John Murray to send his reply. 20.NAMConferenceon10th.November._Pravwalthis we froawa Who 1,Giaudlu.g Sue Jackson, Secretary, BDS/TASS London Branch, 4 Highshore Road, London SE15 5AA Dear Susan Jackson, 9th. August, 1978 I am writing to you about the joint ICOM/BDS conference on alternative forms of architectural practice, which was planned for the autumn. We had started to compile a short list of people we thought should be invited : e.g. someone we know from a law centre who knows a lot about co-operative structures, people from other professional co-operatives etc. But when we phoned David Marshall of ICOM about this, he told us that it was going to be a meeting of about half a dozen people, and he grudgingly agreed that maybe someone fram Support could attend. Although we agree with keeping the numbers to, say, two dozen-or so, his proposal sounds totally useless. If it goes ahead we at Support would probably have to set up our own session on alternative forms of practice. This would te a regrettable duplication of energies, but unavoidable from our point of view if we are really to get clear in detail what the available alter- natives are. When we contacted Bob Malz about this, he said that he had been too busy to take- it all on, and suggested that we could take over the organising with ICOM and Ian Tod. Apart from what we at Support think about it, as a member of BDS/TASS I am concerned that it seems to be turning into something quite different In any case, there is some urgency about their plans. If you agree that the situation needs some sorting out, could you write to David Marshall at ICOM, 31 Hare Street, London SE18 (Tel. 01.855.4099). Perhaps the best way to resolve things would be to set up a meeting with you or someone else from the branch committee and ICOM, at which we could be represented. Yours, WeeksGe oe Mark Gimson from what was discussed at branch meetings. up at the next branch meeting, but I am going to be away in September. 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Preggetian sir, Cteiiwia .WE are epewdsres Qos CEE mA Or Ort BE fas ew ta, t 2) actetiesTM cdLeods i, Fao th leak Corp |Z. ma cals Wee Kargre, SOL hy mo cowriwilyayeenerwoSleeoupla, oe arg opehieohaus eo Orch AanneCUWE oeyMoreecee North— heitdor en Zeb Crees aun On Yel Ace 2A Qrid4 Moaxo¢ wi, han bos wriooclsrtaho wee=ts narCRE cotta Po-tinmsaat eit A uN apare TR aa SN eas. ot bw WrAemrplrnnge Clk wok bmckircsertcd) onl (ray clwuinorkerk is on reek {eartac. jerSwww-+CueAAto aetheySia C astauw (seakla, oy RRCAID), BUILDING DESIGN JULY 28th. 1978 FOLLOWING a committee meeting at RIBA headquarters last week, the RIBA’s Community Architecture Working Group iscompiling a list of community architecture case studies, which it will £0.75m. Community architecture architecture, including could become as established as architects on the dole, local present through RIBA CAWG has already drawn up President Gordon Graham, to a national list of all architects Housing Minister, Reg Freeson. with experience of community the National Health Service if authority architects working in the group’s plans are put into their spare time, and students. practice. CAWG’s idea is that community architecture groups would be set up in urban centres It would like this list to be operated through the RIBA Clients Advisory Service. ““We would manage areas of in the same way as doctors’ blight. The demand for this Surgeries and legal aid centres. kind of work is so great that They would be financed by community aid funds which would bridge the gap between local authorities and private money and would enable them be financed by Government to carry out remedial work on money rather than private run-down properties for people because we need full who could not afford private architects. Freeson is thought to be sympathetic to the idea and the commitment”’, said Hackney. He added that CAWG would be pleased to hear from anyone who could quote examples of list of case studies is a good community architecture preliminary to seeking financial and these should be sent to support from the DoE. Two DoE representatives sit on the Portland Place, W1. CAWG committee. Commu- | amount of money — about individual people working in community architecture can only start on the pinnacle of the iceberg. Architectural aid must Charles McKean, RIBA, 66 Architecture for needy communities nity architect, Rod Hackney said: “Initially we are not setting our sights too high, we are seeking a reasonable Mr. K. Forder Registrar ARCUK 73 Hallam Street London WIN 6EE Dear Mr. Forder , I enclose a copy of my Practice Information sheet for you to hold . I was concerned to read in this week's Building design’ a claim that the RIBA Community Architecture Working Group has drawn up a "National last of all architects with experience of community architecture including ......." It wants this list to be operated through the RIBA @lients advisory service . I wonder af you could write to the RIBA pointing out that any such statements made by them should make it clear that their " national list" is of RIBA members and not of " all architects " . There are a substaftial number of architects with the kidd of experience described by the RIBA CAWG as TM community architecture " who age not members of the RIBA and to the best of my knowledge have not beeh approached to be on this list . This list cannot, therefore be one of all architectswith this experience . J would think that you should also be concerned at the way the RIBA CAWG is publicising experience of'community architecture’ as though it were a qualification . Having been a leader in this field for many years I have always tried to handle the concept carefully and refer to it in inverted commas . However the public might easizy be misled into thinking that this term is a recognised specialisation of qualification . Please get in touch if you would like to discuss these points with me but I would expect meanwhile that you ensure the RIBA puts out factually correct statements . yours sincerely Tom Woolley July 28 1978 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource TW Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived John Murray Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource July 1978 Subject The topic of the resource Notes of Unattached Representative meeting. July 1978