Journalists' leaders scab on strike

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Of Challenge, a rank an news-sheet committed to fighting against attacks on health care.

The five have been culled on by of Challenge and a recommendaLion for their expulsion has bees THE LEADERSHIP of the Nacional Union of Jonmalists is determined to break the strike In defence of a closed shop by 10S journalists at North of England newspupers in Darlington.

only conclusicio that can he drawn from actions of top officials over the past fortnight.

Ken Morgan, general secretary NUJ, told Darlington strike leaders that if the mass picket planned for. last Friday went ahead he would dissociate the unton from 1t Anyone who was arrested would be on their In the light of these astonish ing statements from the leadership of their union, the soakers took the weak but understandnble decision to substiture a rally militants were faced with the heart-breaking task of nhanine would the nive to Sundred supporters around the country who had pledped to turn up ca Friday Jackie Leviens, NIJJ father of the chapel at Durlams, told tbe rally: For every one of us, there are five who would have been here. I have bad to phone up miners from Boltor y and Monk HUSTLICE to tell bem the picket was off.

Ironically, even the 150 who attended the rally outnunsbered previous pickets. A disappointed Let of the NED, gio thre organBill Keys and the rest of che TUC print industry's committee don't action withis the next seven days, we will put a thousand people on these gates in a fortnight's time.

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