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AS THE fight for union recognition at Caplans Cash and Carry, Manchester, enters its 10th week, events have taken a new turn with the appearance on the picket line of 20 hired thugs.

Paid £20 each per day. the strong-arm men have been employed by Caplans to intimidate the pickets and to ensure that scab deliveries can enter the warehouse.

This is clearly a great setback, and highlights the need for verbal support to be NGA for r THE National Graphical Association (NGA) biennial conference, held at EastDourne, • condemned the Nationl Council's suppor for Dennis Healey in the 1981 deputy leadership The conference voted by 157 to 143 to condemn the decision.

The key speech was made by London Region delegate Ross Pritchard, who pointed out that Tony Benn's anti-EEC, pro-AES views were closer to NGA policy than Dennis Healey's. It is worth pointing out that, if NGA delegates to the Labour Party conference last year had voted for Benn, he would now be deputy leader.

But despite warnings of witch-hunts and blacklists, the conference went on to made concrete, in a series of well-organised mass pickets.

The T&G officials are finally coming round to this view, but exactly how prepared they are to build for mass pickets is a matter of some doubt.

Should the decision to begin mass picketing be taken, we must ourselves work to ensure its success.

Messages/ money Dave Jones, c/o 37 Plymouth St Salford.

LYNN FERGUSON egister weicome the proposals for a register of groups in the • The other main item on the agenda was the proposed amalgamation with the National Union of Journalists. Despite several reservations made by delegates in con versations outside conference, the report from Assistant General Secretary Tony Dubbins was the prelude to a very positive debate where every delegate without exception spoke in favour of amalgamation.

The main reservations were about possible dilution of the NGA's closed shop and proposals for a Professional and Ethical Council which would deal with issues arising from the NUJ's code of conduct.

in rotas and morale being boosted by the response to mass pickets and the many messages of support and donations.

Following the last mass picket, where there was a large and aggressive police presence, patrol cars are frequently seen around the area in the mornings in expectation of another one.

Let's make the forthcoming picket on Friday July 16 an even larger one!

Meet at the corner of Tapton Park Rd add Fulwood Rd at 7.30am.

BRIAN

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