Pergamon decisions
Socialist Organiser1981 1981-08-20Read it in the scan (PDF), scan page 14 →
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THE NATIONAL leadership of the NUJ is poised as we go to press to take decisions which would make or break the 24 week Pergamon strike.
The Emergency Committee on August 21 will decide whether to instruct all NUJ members throughout Maxwell's empire to withdraw their labour and whether to issue an instruction to all NUJ members to black copy 10 Maxwell's printers.
These decisions will be of crucial importance to the future of the strike and are seen by the Pergamon strikers as the only way to defeat Maxwell, who sacked the whole NUJ chapel within three days of it going on strike over pay in March.
Meetings of some industrial councils have already taken place last week. While the Freelance Industrial C'ouncil expressed its readiness to issue blacking instructions, others were reluctant, if not hostile, to lead the fight against Maxwell and took decisions to consult their membership before making recommendations to the Emergency Commitlee.
*Messages of support and donations to the strike fund should be sent c/o 5 Union Street, Oxford. against this thre NATSOPA • national oftl Teddy O'Brien has attaci them. On August 13 he si •Whatever any cowbr choose to do to industry, we will protect interest of our membr We will not assist any pa that seeks to attack 1 position."
Putting on a tough-f pose; O'Brien dismissed lock-out threat by say NATSOPA 'had no un‹ ployment problem'. "We. put all our people to work NATSOPA members reckless about the FT bos threat to jobs and un organisation should urger set about calling O Brien account.
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Socialist Organiser, Thursday 20 August, 1981 Page 15