Your news item in the June llth edition re the rejection by the British Federation of Master Frinters of the unions! claim for a third weeks holiday shows two cardinal points,
First, it shows the idiocy of tying workers to long-term agreements, even with the provision ofrsaising certain questions during the life-time of that agreement (i.e. the 3rd week), This holiday claim was justified in 1959 when it was first made «= we are still waiting,
Secondly, it provides a pointer on how the newspaper workers, now, in the process of nesotiating a new agreement, should treat the offer made to them, tying them down for TIREE AND HALF YEARS. As yet the claim for the nine-night fortnizht has not even been raised. Will that also be the subject of a proposal to raise it during the period of the agreement? Printworkers you have had the warning light flashed. Reject this offer. * -George Jerrom is an Executive membero .::of the Association of
Correctors of the Press.