21.  Gavin, since been dismissed by local government union Nalgo, was a full-time union official representing thousands of council employees.

22.  SHAMED union official Tony Gavin was today starting a three-month jail sentence for a string of thefts.

23.  Workers were given the grim news by union officials at a mass meeting.

24.  THE strife-torn Timex plant in Dundee is set to close by Christmas, union officials said last night after talks with its American management.

25.  Within hours of the sudden announcement talks began in Dundee between the American owned watchmaker and local union officials.

26.  Union officials caused an outcry yesterday when they produced a document claimed to be a national British Rail hit list of lines which would close under privatisation.

27.  RADICAL plans to reform health service provision in the North-East have come under attack from worried union officials.

28.  However, union officials believed more merger proposals were in the pipeline.

29.  A senior union official welcomed the prospect of a buy-out.

30.  THE TIMEX dispute in Dundee remained deadlocked last night after a day of talks between union officials and management.