AT A STRIKE Committee meeting last Friday, the strikers decided to use thie provisions of the Employment Protection ACT seek union recognition Thsy accepted a proposal APEX General retary, Roy Grantham, who attended the meeting, to ask ACAS to hold another ballot time with greater efforts to seck the opinion of WORKERS at the Leicester Mercury offices were leafletted by demonstrators from a 100-strong march last samur day, to protest the paper's refusal to advertise Gayline people for gay people in the city.
The Mercury didn't stop with its refusal to advertise editor explained his reactionary views in an editorial. Making the obligatory attack padophiles, the COLESTINE abelled gays as 'perverted" and claimed that Gavline's ities are not 'a proper subiest to set before readers in the family Mercury readers are advised to wistfully recall a time "when people who practiced unnatural vices did so in secret, or at least with some discretion. message for those deviant problem' is to go to a doctor or psychiatrist. But say strike-breakers working, following the ruling of the Court of Appeal.
A nass meeting of all the strikers which followed was solidly in favour of continuing the strike. of the strikers is a victory for the APEX leaders, who have Secall along campaigned for resolving the dispute through the courts. Grantham and Co. have fought against the mass action on the picket line this and the building up of action to cut off servioes to George Ward which were capable of people don't need the 'help' of the medical profession, wetteed solidarity of other gay people:
Gayline sepporters are taking this case to the Press Counci and have already The hackine of the Leicescershite National Union of Mercury, The Mercury ial management should forced 10. implement union's policy crimination on the srounds of and give space to Cavline for a reply. the paper's editor has not only refused the right of reply, bul has cut off all correspondence on the subject.
The Leicester Gayline operates from 7.30 /0pm, Leicester still winning the strike. As long ago as last August, Grantham said There can never be a victory - i draw is the bes result The APEX burcaucrats pursued this line with vigour to regain control after the The decision full-time official to attend every meeting of the Strike Committee. They got control aver the Strike Committee's funds by making it compul sory for an contersign the strike fund's cheques. And they were ably assisted by lom Jackson and Lie costal workers execulive who inflicted heavy fines on members of its London District Council for supporting the summer. John Taylor, London District organiser was fined E500 — a total of £1,400 were meted our in fines.
The APEX leaders favour continuing the strike because they want to reverse the legai Josses suffered by George Pard has not only won the exposed their inability to win recognition and reinstateJournalists, ment at Grunwick but nas thrown into question the COLLOI whole strategy embodied in the Employment Protection the Act for all sunilar industrial of to dis disputes.
continue the strike is a correct one. But the APEX leaders To dale reliance on the courts will lead only to demoralisation defeat. The Strike Commattee must think again.
MAN They have sent a