journalists in the NUJ who refused to cooperate with the scabs.
The use of Tebbit's 1982 Employment Act to fine the union for illegal' picketing uppea the stakes (0.siderably, The NGA nationally are committed to total opposition with these anti-union laws.
initial tay £50,000 fine, they have been hit for another £100,000 for threet of houre will the threat having assets or the unions seized.
As the crunch-time approaches, the leaders of the finally realised the need to call on all the labour movement support they Regional of. ficers of the union in the North-West at first tried to block non-NGA. workers participating the blockade at Warrington and at the other Messenger offices in the region. 'SOLIDARITY' was the cry that greeted • members of the TUC employment committee as they met on Monday 28 November to consider the NGA dispute.
hundred NGA members and supporters lobbied the meeting with an occasional chorus of 'We shall overcome'.
Among those ing were members of the Transport Unior ecutive. Earlier. in the day the TGWU executive had agreed to 'give financial Rascal support to thie Alan Quinn, an exmember & from CLULIVE Merseyside, has been actively involved the Warrington picket.
Socialist Action 2 December 1983 He explained the TGWU decision to Socialist Action. essential that unions are allowed to operate freely.
•If the NGA funds are sequestered and their property seized, we will give them full use of our offices, funds so that they can keep going as a union. If our gets questered result, we i go to bully anu u ask him to do the same for us!
'Our decision today was only an inten one. We've got two members on tne employment coll mittee and they'll express our full support tonight. But then they'll report back and we'll have to look overall "This may involve an approach to industry a large. We've got to look at the whole concept of TUC calling a hour general strike.
'Neil Kinnock spoke our executive today. His position was legalistic one incoherence of the Tory "This statement shows his support, but he obviously only prepared to go so far at this stage.
Perhaps he doesn't want to give lne lor press a field day about Labour breaking the law.
'But it wouldn't be a bad point to raise the need to break this bad Aastall Graham. attitude doesn't help.' Di. IDEN HARRIS
Students Manchester, T&G workers from Liverpool local joursupport the print workers. " he tric. With such a large and militant picket hopes were high that production could When the scab workers were driven through in dog patrol vans everyone surged united their hostility to the scabs who are allowing Shah's unionbashing activities to continue.
week the mass picket grows in strength and determination. 'It's another Grunwick', a picket explained, 'but this time the whole future of the labour movement is at stake.
recruited gang of security men complete paramilitary uniforms. Screaming about have ignored sandre police tales.
Dalu le pickets as violent, an allegation which is hotly denied.
The first pickets to be arrested have been remanded on bail until 6 Dec and the numbers of arrests escalalig There are growing fears that in future nickets mav be held in custody as the combined forces of Shah and his the police press barons try to break the NGA with a little help from their friends in the government. Police use wedge tactics to crush mass picket at the Nottingham Post TUC, under the cowardly
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