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...Doug Peach, Union Convenor...
...convenor Doug Peach is senior spokesman for the 54 TGWU shop stewards at Rubery Owen. Although Peach is a full-time union representative, his salary−an estimated $170 a week−is paid by the company. John Owen's salary is estimated at $31.600 a year...
...John Owen, 35, managing director, son and grandson of the Owens who have run the plant for 80 years? Or is it Doug Peach, 57, the son and grandson of bricklayers, for 33 years one of the company's 3,000 employees, now a full-time "convenor" for the largest union at Rubery Owen, the Transport and General Workers Union (TGWU)?* Whether such men can find some bond of common self-interest will determine the fate of Britain's economy and Wilson's Labor government−and quite possibly more. To help assess the conflict, TIME London...