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AS WE GO to press, news has just reached us that in negotiations on Tuesday evening, 14th, between millionaire printing and publishing boss Robert Maxwell and the National Union of Journalists, striking NUJ members at Pergamon Press, Oxford, have won a major victory against victimisation.
On strike for improved pay and conditions since March, they were arbitrarily sacked by union-busting Labour Party member Maxwell, and have fought a tough and difficult battle for their reinstatement.
This has now been achieved, with all nine chapel members being returned to their old jobs within an enlarged journals department following amalgamation with Maxwell's recently purchased British Printing Corporation. Maxwell: defeated In addition arrangements have been made for lengthy disc uSS on a new House ment following a re to work.
Tenacity The tenacity c nine strikers, and continuous fight to ions sreeturn the leir list the support of NUJ colleagues in Maxwell's other operations and of the print unions in their struggle for union rights has set an example to the whole labour movement.
Socialist Organiser will carry a fuller assessment of the dispute next week. carried and the stewards ended up with a strike decision that could not bel implemented.
The officials have now become inyolved and have officially demanded the removal of Coxon within the BL disputes prixedur . The works conference was i held on Monday of this week. BL maintained their position and failure to agree was registered.
The dispute will now go to the final level of procedure - a national conference - and if Coxon still remains in his job, the matter will come back to the stewards for the implementation of the strike decision. and photographs of Iranians taken during demonstracions. They had placed notices in the windows of the Embassy proclaiming it as a peaceful occupation. with no intention to take hostages. This did not stop the armed police of the Diplomatic Protection Corp bursting in large numbers through the windows of the embassy, and arresting all 54 students who range in age from 18 to 25.
Bail was refused after the Iranian Embassy claimed that £15,000 worth of damage had been done during the occupation. All the students are charged RUCT BI