SocialistAction 1983–88

The paper of the Socialist League, formerly the International Marxist Group, 1983–88

New Murdoch raises stakes

· Socialist Action No. 152, 7 November 1986 · p. 11 of the scan · 284 words

The scan: 152-nov-07-1986-SA-UK.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

Uncorrected machine reading. This text was read by machine (Apple Vision OCR) from a scan of a newspaper page, and the page was cut into articles by machine, at the headlines found by their type size. Nothing has been corrected: expect misread words, text from a neighbouring article, and titles that are the machine reading of the headline, some of them only fragments. Quote from the scan, not from this page.
How this article was cut and titled: headline found by type size in the OCR geometry (split_tabloid.py); 4-5 of 7; machine-segmented newspaper page; uncorrected Vision OCR.

page 11 of the scan

which DUUUUIl builds the unity and confidence of workers in struggle. Arenev Ine women have decided to get letters out to all possible women, via the sacked printers, appealing ment. They plan to organise their own march at Wapping and to lobby Fleet Street printers to get behind the They will visiting trade union branches and factories not only to raise finances but also to build the boycott of Murtitles. Further demonstrations also Diannea. ner badge available soon the women are ciearly on the march.

BRANCH INTERNATIONAL boss, Rupert Murdoch, has again raised in the dispute by appealing over the heads of the unions to sacked printers to individually accept his last offer which was overwhelmingly rejected in a recent ballot.

The H110 1 has countered by calling a mass meeting to be addressed by SOGAT president Brenda Dean, on the day the offer expires on 10 November.

Meanwhile, organisation of support for the strike is developing further.

The North London district of the engineers union has port group. One thousand lobbied the eleancer AEU's national executive meeting at the South Lon don headquarters president Bill Jordan exed 'full support' for their fight. Jordan in fact had recommended acceptance of Murdoch's last offer been announced that the north west region the transport to institute disciplinary proceedings drivers doch's transport company, TNT. who ale lciusile union instructions not to distribute News InternaDone Tired Hu lie wake die Suc cessful of MurIC CULIU doch's 'final offer' in the recent ballot support groups up and down the country are beginning to revive. An important national will be the unions lobby of parilamen early December. mand fluctuates.

their proposals.

our conditions.

----- pull-quotes -----

INTERNATION DISPUTE

← Women Against Murdoch formedCrunch issue for →

Something wrong on this page?