NUJ defy court | Socialist Action 1983

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ordering to halt Dimbleby's NUJ'S Emergency adopted the following resolution: cedures. junction although in no spirit of defiance.

special delegate meeting'. Last Friday the NUJ voted to defy the court ruling its picketing David Richmond newspaper group. The Committee unanimously "Our attitude to the injunction imposed by the Court has been conditioned by the unjust and ill. thought out laws on which the injunction is based, and also by the well established policy of this union on the crucial issue of trade unions rights. This policy was established by the democratic process under our rules by which the view of the member. ship are expressed through delegate meetings. "To defy that policy on such a fundamental issue would be to fly in the face of those democratic pro'We are unable to comply with the terms of the in•We are taking immediate steps to convene a • The TUC General Council voted to aid the NUJ with its legal costs and to help the union carry out its 'lawful function on behalf of its members'.

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Socialist Action 9 December 1983