IMGpapers 1976–79

Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1976–79

Mass pickets on Nottingham paper

· Socialist Challenge No. 81, 1 February 1979 · p. 16 of the scan · 363 words

The scan: sc-n81-feb-1-1979.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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page 16 of the scan

Registered with the Post Office as a newspaper. Published by Relgocrest Ltd. for Socialist Challenge, 328/9 Upper St, London N1. Printed by Feb Edge Litho Ltd (TU), L Folwell Liverpool IMG Graham Trott A. Tortorella Anon L. Heinsman P. Bellis Week's Total £159.13 Cumulative Total £1,035.36 Domestic: 6 months, £5; 12 months, £10 Abroad: Airmail, £16.50. Surface, £10 per annum. Multi-reader institutions: double individual rate Name Address I enclose a donation for the Fighting Fund of i "Socialist Challenge'. Complete and return to: Socialist Challenge, 328/9 Upper Street, London N1.

MASS picketing has been the response of trade the sacking of 27 journalists by the Nottingham Evening Post.

The journalists SUBSCRIBE I Cheques, POs and Money Orders should be made payable to producing an alternative weekly paper unionists to been determined to keep out unions since the strike in 1973 paved the way for are also new technology on managemenES ICrIS Post came SOut strike at the beginning of the provincial dispute they were sacked. the end of the strike earlier this month the newspaper said: people they stay sacked.

mittee of the TUC has called for a boycott of advertising in the company's management is determined to stick it out.

to obtain a private dock on the East coast to supplies get through. The only The Post proprietors have defeat of a porters When NUJ members at the on official Jake vice-president. journalists' pay The At manager the Street, Nottingham. *When I sack The Nottingham The Print Industries Comjournalists, but or advertising the Nottingham They have even made moves ensure that Post ann-wade unionism way that the journalists can win is through mass pickets to stop the papers getting out.

The first such picket last Saturday attracted 200 supand successfully stopped the movement of vans until the police moved in. Five pickets were arrested including Ecclestone. the NUI union has called for mass picketing every Saturday, starting at 10am in Foreman first issue the new paper produced by the sacked is out today. To help - by selling, distributing, - ring Nottingham 47347 or 44469.

Forest football manager Brian Clough has set the pace by refusing to talk to because

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