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1971. The first Workers’ Council Meeting was in December 1970
and it lasted for five days starting from the 5th December. The
second Workers’ Council Meeting met in June for 4 days on the
12th, 15th, 16th and 17th June, 1971.

THE WORKERS' COUNCIL'S COMPOSITION

From the management, there are twelve representatives with
each department being represented by its head. Representation
from the different departments and sections is as follows:

1. The General Manager's office. The General Manager at
Friendship is not only the chairman of the Workers’ Coun-
cil by virtue of his office, but he is also the TANU Branch
Chairman of the factory. So he both represents the
management and the Tanu Branch at the Mill.

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. Other departments are the production Department, the per-
sonnel and Public Relations Office, the Account’s Depart-
ment, the Sales Department, the Purchase and Stores
Department, Quality Control Department, Spinning,
Weaving and Processing Departments.

3. There are eleven representatives from the Workers’ Com-
mittee who become members of the Workers' Council as
ex-officio members.

4. There are seven elected workers' representatives. The
representatives come from each of the operative depart-
ments like weaving, spinning and processing and one from
the Administrative side. Elections were conducted in
December. There were forty-one contestants out of whom
only seven members were elected. Of the seven one com-
pleted Form Four, another Form Two and the rest are all
primary school leavers with standard seven education.

5. There are four representatives one from N.D.C. Headquar-

ters, one from the Ministry of Labour, one from NUTA
Headquarters.

6. There are two Chinese expert advisors who are there as co-
opted members.