Ron Nethercott, South West Regional Secretary of the union, persuaded a local black TGWU member, Bill Smith, to sign a statement which called for quiet negotiation to solve the dispute and condemned Stephenson for causing potential harm to the city's black and Asian population.
Ron Nethercott persuaded a local black TGWU member. This was to sign a statement which called for quiet negotiation to solve the dispute and condemned Stephenson for causing potential harm to the city's black and Asian population. A local black TGWU member was Bill Smith. Ron Nethercott was South West Regional Secretary of the union.