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A hundred and eight NUJ members have been on strike ar the North of England news papers for live wicks, tollowins a management decision to smash the union's closed shop at Darl ington by hiring a Don-NUI sub-editor.
Three successive Friday nights of mass pickerine have brought a police response. number of arrests now stands at explanation to but 43.
The main CERTOUR attempt to do so without allow ing the picket leaders persuade turn back. police can readily push their way throuch the nickels, they nave deliberately chosen to arrest as many journalists as possible Northern Echo have cheered on the side lines as HEIL TAKE HOIC MA DOC MICKELLS the picker line swirled around a van for which the police were So thin occurs A raging epidemic of Grunwick fever is sweeping the Darlington police force, erupting last Friday night in the arrest of 25 journalist pickets outside the Northern Echo down like a since before the war NUd vice-president Denie MacShane being arrested — 50 yards from the piloker sine trogble develot HAS CU Line a chance the drivers Erco bough management interested in the most Superintendent Ken Screaming &! the top of his voice "Make arrests, make arrests!' According to a veteran mem DET DI LAMMON RACE CIRCL so it a the Nonbeli on trade bingion Two senior NUJ members, Regional Organiser John Hodgman and Vice-President Denis MacShane, were arrested about fly vards away from the nicke ben they went to help th wife of the secretary of Darling ron moe council who was being forcibly dragged away by ARRESTS afterwards. "John Hodgman and 1 were trying to restore som calm but the police seemed onl blatant intimidation against NUJ mem Abso arrested were NUJ execuThe arrests show the desperation of the Nortbern Echo man agement at the Journalists" solid defence of their closed shop. At they might have to start paying decent wages to their journalist and possibly lose their roo arr on editorial control Some of the strikers ar Darmore fron than from their Westminster Press pay packets. Others with wiversies deprees. wears of train ing and experience consider themselves lucky if they take home 10 a week Westminste Press notched up I4.2 million The response from other trade union members inside the Northern Echo building has been disappointing The vans Boing through the NUT picket lines belong to NATSOPA.
Last Friday senior London ATSOP members the Northern Echo were doing pr ing bus drivers do each mornin drive through a picket lio with a load of scab material.
PLEDGE The attitude of the National Graphical Association meniber: who compose the type and print than helpful. In spite of a pledge from the NGA executive council Fight, NGA memhers at Darling ton have not get moved watche carefully bewsbosses, sands with the introduction of nea rechnology The NUJ must be given the maximum support For its right to organise all journalists. The cos arrangement between the goll playing seniar managements who run the Darlington police and the Darlington newspapers must be against the Darlington pickets resisted.
DERISION Both Darlington and Grun ASTE ME THE LO ANOTHE union righrs. But for journaliso and the rest of the labour moveSISSIE caches beyond that. When Deni MeShane spoke on behalf of th was grected with shouts of deriPrimworkers on the Sun, Ohserver and Sunday Telegrapl bave already demonstrared the kind of action that can secure the right of reply to the : press's lies about Grunwick. It is vital that journalists now Coed shopse with e NEL JOE BEESS IOODI Messages of support and detai of the nest mouse picket: NUJ Road, Darlinglon. Plone 0335 502RZ.