Timber!
30th May 1981, Page 6
30th May 1981
Page 6
Page 6, 30th May 1981
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IIMBER hauliers in the Highands have been hit by a cash :risis which may force them to ay off workers. Payments for %restry Commission contracts lave not been made for two months because of the strike at the Scottish Office computer :entre.
The dispute, part of the Civil Servants' pay campaign, has hit small firms who depend on :hese contracts. Over £200,000 NiII be owed to members of the Round Timber Transport & Trad
ng by the end of the month.
Members of the association have one-year contracts to transport timber to Inverness harbour For export.
Association vice-chairman John DiIlan estimated that between 40 and 50 workers could De facing redundancy in firms belonging to the Association.