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But Dimbleby says he will "pause before taking this step". Obviously he hopes that the NGA dispute will be settled first - and then the NUJ can be picked off separately.
A deal between the NGA and Shah this week will be a severe setback. It is bound to involve a climbdown on the specific issues in dispute at Warrington - and, more important, it will mean that the authority of the Tory anti-union laws is established in a crucial test case.
The NUJ will then be isolated. The NGA itself will face grave risks: the Fleet Street employers' court case against it for damages from the November 25-26 strike is likely to come up in the New Year, and could mean a fine of £3 Instead of the unions presenting a powerful common front to the Tories and the courts, they Will have been cut down one by one.
But all is not settled. There is still time for a campaign from the rank and file to get resistance organised.
*Prepare for re-starting the Warrington picket.
*Argue for a national labour movement campaign in solidarity with the NGA and NUJ and against the anti-union laws.
The Merseyside Trade Union and Labour Movement Campaign Committee has made some moves towards this, sending out a letter calling for support to all Trades Councils nationally. But since the NGA called off its pickets, those moves have been left in suspense.
Trades Councils across the country should set up similar campaign committees, and write to Merseyside proposing a national link-up.
*Inside the NUJ, fight for the union to prepare for strike action against any seizure of assets, to call for solidarity strikes with other unions, and to seek a