Socialist Action1984Socialist Action No. 44, 10 February 1984Print union defies the court
Socialist Action No. 44, 10 February 1984 · p. 11 of the scan · 136 words
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PRINT UNION SOGAT '82 was firm in Northampton.
SOGAT taking illegal Faced with sequestration of union But The tolr £10,000 fine for contempt of a previous ruling of fines for industrial action. this and defy the court.
fined £10,000 on Wednesday 1 February for banning the distribution of the Radio Times in London. The union took this action against print boss Robert Maxwell who refuses to invest in the Park Royal plant of the British Printing and Communications Corporation - so threatening closure and redundancies.
The BBC cancelled their Radio Times contract production to a different The court then ruled that secondary action , the SOGAT executive lifted the ban on Radio Times well ahead with a SOGAT conference policy is to refuse payment Ine suuAl ecutive meeting on 2 February agreed to uphold