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Journalists, meeting in Whiley surprisingly political bonferimplications, racism and pay will take up most of the debates and friage meetings. JOHN SETAENATEL TRAURS.
New technology represents an laimediate challenge for the National Union of Journalists.
SLE J0ost al the which cally, treated the NUI with contempt. Faced with such a test of trade union principle, the NUt is making acceptance of the new techiology, and the job-loss, continSenE on an industry-wide ASTECILE with the While this approach gives journalises some unaccustomed leeway in extracting heip from the print unions on other issues. it is shortsighted. The left's respanse has been to call for work-sharing with no loss of 1 impact, SOCIALISTCHALLENGE 13 Apnl1978 page 5 pay and no job less, together with the demand that the vastly increased capacity of the new technones should be wed lo make the redia more accessible - and accountable - to the working class.
racint, thị executive has pur forward an extremely positive proposing new guidelines for the reporting of racist organisations. "The NUT jots journalists cannot be netural in the face of orginisations which seek to spread racial hatred", il argues.
A call also comes from palen their propagania at the next Gencral Election.
On pay, the NUJ exccutive surely creates British trade union movement by proposing no policy at all for the second year running. In this vacum, several demands lor sliding-scile policies are pected to have a considerable the 1977 annual conTerence of the National and Local Government Officers' association Scarborough.
NUJ Delegates attracted to the pamotion per were acutely aware of the number of people in strugale and apainst the cass collaboratio policies of the trade union leaders and the Lahour draper ment. The paper's of bullding a class struggle lett wing in the labour movement painted to a solution.
National This need became rudely ap parent as NALGO conference endorsed the Social Contract policies by a higher majority in 1977 than in bistory in the previous years.
The failure of the left to huild national mast action in support of NALGO's official opposition to the cuts allowed the ex- right-wing leadership to wind down the union's campaign against reduced services and