lot less than last week! group of student.types.? I I Os..ng I . I No. 728 (Unruled) .G medal-Iqamml?m METROPOLITAN POLECE Raference .L-EtggLEy ?ape? Divnl. .. Registry Folio No .. . .. 23th . [Re-Trad?nhispute - Disorder/Arrests Grunrick Processing 1. 51-81;. arrA8, 28th June, 1977? ., . II . v' WEL CHAPTER ROAD . I a . There were no phehetsapresent until 7T00am when 50 pepsons arrived accompanied bywaPEX officials who ssued armbands?to all but the student - element in the "crof?g?. an APEX official, spoke to Ch.l'nsp. -, and assured him that the number 0; demonstrators d?ring the-day would be a The crowd at this stage arraneed themselves to the ?left of the gate and opposite the gate on the south footway and just a few to the right of the gate. .As on Monday, a few trade councils and union bodies appeared to be represented amongst the crowd as well as a relatively shall - 1 I. . . By 7.50am numbers had reached 250 With no disorder, verbal or otherwise. The mood of the crowd seemed far more passive and subdued than on any other occasion since the mass picketing_began. in At 7.55am the employees coach arrived to be met with only token shouts of abuse from the crowd and a reluctance by the pickets across the gateway to give it access. is the coach reached the picket line, Commander signalled the driver to proceed slowly with caution so as to enable peaceful communication to take place should those on the each wish it. The occup?nt8 of the coach again made it quite plain that they did not wish to be spoken to, or communicate with any of the picket line and thembus continued on into the gateway area. The picket line, with obvious anoyance,rere escorted from the path of the coach by police. Only a mentioned previously in +he report of 27th June, 1977 set down in front the moving coach. She was removed by police inrediately with little trouble. At this point tried to discourage from further actions of this kind, explaining to her that she was dding the cause of the strikers a disservice. Following the entry of the coach, police attendance at the scene was relaxed to loose cordons and withdrawal of reserves. speaks addressed the crowd in turn using loud hailers. J. Drone} -poke on the subject of extra support for the workers and appealed for ity. He also ott. ted working conditions in Grunwicks. The second speaker was a Mr Ceorre Smith of the T.G.N.U.(London) who spoke on the subject of support for APEX - criticism of police action support for the By 8.2;am, the crowd had decreased to about 200 and now various Continued . Continued 2 No. 729 (Unruled) strikers on a national basis on 12th The third speaker was 3 tr David ??rton Trades C9hhdi".rho began by stronghy criticising the labour the lack of support and he called for a repetition .. J. of th Siltley Gate situation. Hr Sexton also called for similar action to last week by the demonstrators. Ey 8.30am, the crowd was still in the region of about 200 when the empty coach came out of the factory gates and left without incident. I situation continued until 9.40am when the second employees coach again, it proceeded slowly into the gateway area. Again the had to be ushered out of it's path by police and in particular, attempted to physically stop the coach by flopping down angercusl near the wheels. She was again removed by police and she Was dvised against a repetition for fear of her safety. "he orderly rrived and ickat line *2-1 The demons trators including official pickets. There was no disorder. I For the remainder of the morning and early afternoon there was a gradutl decrease in the number of pickets'and demonstrators and only when company the factory was there any token cat-calling by vehicles entered or left tn the few remaining pickets. During this period,'the numbers of By 2.30pm, there were 6 pickets left and the situation was very quiett? At 2.'Spn, a blue Renault van drove up to the gate in Chapter Road and the driver spoken to by Ch.Insp. The man explained that he was 'pro?right wing' had driven up to the gates merely to prove that he could beat the pickets. after suitable advice this man left without articulars. is owned by a The driver - in fact .9 J. i he wanted to. 1' L'is vehicle resistration mark that he was from pickets. .1 . . For the remainder of the afternoon only?a few pickets were present at this location. There were no further incidents the situation returned to normal. COOPER ROAD 1 There were no persons present at the Grunwick gate or in the vicinity until 7.15513. At this time,__ APEX organiser arrived with one informed Ch.Supt. that a Shrevsbury other. building worker picket of some renown was present and had offered hirself as an official picket, but apparently, APEX had declined the offer. - thank?i?d- for the notification. Ch.Supt. BY 7.25am, 40 persons were present including 10 official pickets, but there was a notable absence of the regular Asian pickets and no explanation for this all was was forthcoming. By 8.00am the crowd had swelled to 125 and quiet. Continued All minutes to be numbered in consecutive order. Continue on other side if necessar . o. 729 (Unruled) 'n of the numbers at this particular time was probably in The build u? anticipation of the employees coach which in fact entered the Chapter Road g"te. By 8.40am, numbers had dwindled again to 5 official pickets and 25 demonstrators, but there was no disorder to any kind and quite noticeably there was an absence of the rowdier contingent of young white youths who had been conspicuous on previous occasions when police cordons had been severly tested. By 9.30am, the situation remained quiet and without incident until 10.42am when a car left the premises with 2 occupants believed to be but Junknownu Quring the rest of the morning the situation remained free of disorder, verbal of otherwise and the crowd again decreased until at 3.00pm all demonstrators and pickets had left the location. This situation continued for the rest of the afternoon and i COBBOLD ROAD 1* 1; .3 Ji 1 There were no pickets or demonstrators at this location until 7.70am vhen 4 arrived at the?front of the premises and 10 went to the rear (these 10 being young workers and students). By 7.55am, a workers tender arrived wi hou incident, No approach was made by the pickets of whom a a Glasgow Area Controller of APEX) in charge. at-8.50am arrived, spoke to a picket and departed. If armbands were being worn. This orderly situation continued throughout the morning and into the afternoon. By 3.00pm the pickets at the front of the premises were withdrawn and there were 9 to the rear. The few remaining c?e tended to fluctuate in numbers a afternoon but there was no disorder. for rest 0 All minutes to be numbered in consecutive order. Continue on other side if necessary.