‘Times’ journalists defy union
NZPA-Reuter London; Journalists have voted to work on a planned weekly overseas edition of “The Tinies” of London against the instructions of their union. Jake Eccieston, chairman of “The Times” branch of the National Union of Journalists said he was “extremely sorry” about the 101-93 vote. “I think it will make negotiations more difficult,” he said. “The Times,” Britain’s oldest daily newspaper, has not been published since November 30 because of a dispute over the introduction of new technology which threatened the jobs of printers. The management plans to print and publish abroad a weekly edition with a circulation of about 30,000, a move the N.U.J. describes as an attempt to split the unions. The management is giving
no information about where the weekly edition will be printed, to reduce the risk of union interference.
Commenting on a report that an overseas edition of the “Sunday Times” was also being considered, a management spokesman said: “It hasn’t been ruled out, although it’s just background thought at the moment.”
Earlier, “The Times” management quashed hopes that publication of its daily and Sundaj' papers could resume in the near future. Mr Eccleston said after a meeting with the editor, William Rees-Mogg, that the) management was ready to compromise. “Rapid progress on new technology could be made and a settlement reached in the next week or two,” he said.
But a spokesman for “The Times” said there had been a misunderstanding.
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