FT unions' eyes still shut

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Black MAXWELL! CRUCIAL meetings of members, sacked more than Observer and Sunday Times six months ago for striking NUJ members are due to on pay and conditions. discuss blacking colour total blacking against magazines printed by Robert Maxwell is the only way ic The call comes in support workers' jobs.

Socialist Organiser Alliance To make Socialist Organiser a real campaigning paper that can organise the left in the movement, it needs its own Local supporters' groups have been established in mos big towns to build a real base for the paper.

Supporters are asked to undertake to sell a minimum of six papers an issue and to contribute at least £1 a month (20p for unwaged). So becoming a supporter helps build our circulation and gives the paper a firmer financial base If you like Socialist Organiser, think it's doing a good job, but realise that it can't possibly do enough unless you Fill in the form below and send it to: Socialist Organiser I want more informationD/I wish to become a Socialist OFFICIALS of the print unions NGA and NATSOPA are deep in discussions with the Financial Times management, trying to avoid the showdown set for this Friday, September 4.

NGA machine minders have set a strike for September 4 - and FT bosses have said that if the strike goes ahead, they will lock out all 600 printworkers and publish à scab edition "by any means necessary'.

The officials must be confident of making a deal. In any case, they have done nothing to prepare for the event of a deal not being made.

The NUJ is currently engaged in merger talks with the NGA, and is obliged to support the NGA in any dispute. But the NGA has made no request to the NUJ to black a scab edition of the FT.

And the FT NUJ chapel is not likely to impose blacking of its take place this week to Maxwell's empire.

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Support from the union which organises the distribution workers, SOGAT, would also be crucial in the event of a lock-out. But again the NGA has made •no appeal.

The FT bosses undoubtedly have made their preparations for a showdown. And if the union officials won't prepare, it is time that the Fleet Street rank and file raised the alarm.

CORRECTIONS

In last week's article on the TGWU and the Labour deputy leadership, we said that branches in Region 5 had received only Denis Healey's and John Silkin's election addresses. In fact they have received only Silk in's.

In the article on the Financial Times we said that the FT NATSOPA chapel had not met. This should have read: the NATSOPA clerical chapel has not met -even though its FoC has received a lock-out notice.

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