Mass picket boosts journalists' strike

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Street, Glasgow picketing Carrington night. DAVE CARTER reports THE FIRST ax mouths are the essiest, reads a telegram of support Kertering joeranlists to the and lington. The Darlington Journalists Times: do not intend te let their dispute last 22 weeks, as the Kentering atribe did.

They are artempting to obrain a closed shop agreement from North of England newspapers, part of the picket. giant Westminster press group, ant the dispute la seen as a test case be Journalistschroughout checountry.

NUI members from Kettering, Glasgow, Sbeffield and Tyneside -together with local trade unionists answered a call for a mass picker at the Darlington offices last Friday Their First success was in persanding NATSOPA membersnetto drive vans through the picket linesto collect copies of che Northern Echo Stockion desperation, management iried to break tncu way trauga coc picketa, The personnel tanager was arrested for throwing a punch at the 30 top was a botaine for alleged intimida Eventunlly police allowed news agents to collect their bundlles. Only 20,000 copie Northerr Echo's normal print run of 118,000 Jefithe building The sucpess pf che inass pickets in the coming week can be decisive in winning the strike. In provoking the Westminster Press management incend to smash the wer of the NUI within the pub They une being aided by the sca Institute of Journalists, which ha who refused lo Join the NUJ Institute members nelude sac CELEBLA Robin Day. Victory for the Dar- Dennis and Jingion journalises would be a real blow for the power of the magnate of the newspaper industry. . They deserve the support of all socialists.

Oblain picker dermis (send messages af support to: NU Strike Cominitiee, 9 Pictoria Road, Dar Engron Road. Prome: 0325-50282

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RICHARD CARVER