Guardian owned Manchester Evening ting 1 June.
In Scotland Mirror boss Kobert Maxwell Is copying Murdoch's tactics down to une last delan. ne is to liquidate the existing. companies DrOGUCC the Daily Record and the Scottish Mail and achieve his draconian demands by creating new companies to print his papers. He intends implement Murdoch-style single union agreement. To cap it all, in preparation for any union resistance, Maxwell has ringed his plant with the same razor wire as at This rampage by the Fleet St moguls against the printworkers shows all those who are not blind to see — the true nature of the dispute. Murdoch is simply a stalking horse for the rest of the ricel ou Dosses Tory backers. Maxwell's of earтет centreaten Murdoch's 'concentration camp' methods revealed for the hypocrisy it always was. The fight is against HOL UHC For one boss, but against them all.
The decision by the Record journalists not to meet Maxwell's demand that they apply individually to be employed by the new company, and its new anti-union set-up, is the sort of response that is needed. Such an ap proach is the opposite ot that of SOGAT general Brenda Dean.
She has rushed to capitulate to every demand of the Express and Maxwell. But instead of this the only hope of victory at Wapping is to unite the all OSTEL. workers. Only on such a basis can the power of the whole trade union movebehind the swathe cut into the trade unions by Murdock at Wapping. In the last week alone 2500 jobs have been lost at the Express and draconian changes in working practices been forced through. The News has demanded a 20 per cent cut in jobs and a 20 per cent cut in pay through a return to the five day week. It will unilaterally write this into a new contract starbe mobilised which is what will be required to reverse assault.
The problem that the such places as the Express Icy payments promised to the older workers at least.
To convince such workers to fight needs the commitment of support from the TOSL of the working class which only the TUC can zual allce.
The 'tea pathy pproac an Willis and the u are not only a betrayal of printworkers but a threat to the whole of the working class. The single union shops and other anti union measures will no more be confined to the print industry than Murdoch's anLIcS have stopped at the barbed wire at The printworkers fighting a battle for us all.
I ney demand ana neea te full upport of the TUC Willis complicity with the print bosses, and Maxwell's new offensive, is the support step up a tonint support workers - and above all the Wapping dispute.
Support committees need to be built in every town. pickets and pickets of other distribution centres — need to be built to the point where they can stop the distribution -News international titles.
Such actions are vital to SOW HaLLIc allacKs ol the printing unions can be halted and reversed inspire other workers to give their support. build pressure on the TUC ass aso me wa for action.
government allow North of Ireland. while CUTCHE Dioody, Portadown, Ulster for the Only Guar- new events.
no use shouting - I'm sympathetic of that state peace to Ireland. put British Ireland. Now!
renounce the Ang o- rish treaty and unfettered protestant sectarian rule in the But its real effect was to show the sectarian, lace of Loyalism to the conclusion can be drawn from these britain in ine North of Ireland is continuing to prop up one of the most sectarian states in the world. Only the ending will bring Britain must get out of Britain out of Ireland Commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Easter Rising Speakers:
(ex leader of the GLC)
DIANE ABBOTT (PPC Hackney North)
Friends Meeting House, Euston Rd (Nr. Euston tube station)
Wednesday 9 April 7pm.