Lockout at Ford Motor Company, Seaview, Wellington 1974

Locked out Coach Workers’ Union members demonstrate outside the Ford car assembly plant in Seaview, Lower Hutt in 1974, seeking a separate agreement with the company.

Locked out Coach Workers’ Union members demonstrate outside the Ford car assembly plant in Seaview, Lower Hutt in 1974, seeking a separate agreement with the company.

Locked out Coach Workers’ Union members demonstrate outside the Ford car assembly plant in Seaview, Lower Hutt in 1974, seeking a separate agreement with the company.

Locked out Coach Workers’ Union members demonstrate outside the Ford car assembly plant in Seaview, Lower Hutt in 1974, seeking a separate agreement with the company.

Locked out Coach Workers’ Union members demonstrate outside the Ford car assembly plant in Seaview, Lower Hutt in 1974, seeking a separate agreement with the company.

Locked out Coach Workers’ Union members demonstrate outside the Ford car assembly plant in Seaview, Lower Hutt in 1974, seeking a separate agreement with the company.

Locked out Coach Workers’ Union members demonstrate outside the Ford car assembly plant in Seaview, Lower Hutt in 1974, seeking a separate agreement with the company.

Locked out Coach Workers’ Union members demonstrate outside the Ford car assembly plant in Seaview, Lower Hutt in 1974, seeking a separate agreement with the company.

Locked out Coach Workers’ Union members demonstrate outside the Ford car assembly plant in Seaview, Lower Hutt in 1974, seeking a separate agreement with the company.

Locked out Coach Workers’ Union members demonstrate outside the Ford car assembly plant in Seaview, Lower Hutt in 1974, seeking a separate agreement with the company. They did not believe the Engineers’ Union agreement suited them as coach-workers.