from S.B. An official strike threat by Labour Party press officers was averted "at the last moment" when the party's staff board belatedly agreed to pay union rates to Miss Jean Denham, a Transport House departmental official. Under a compromise agreement with the National Union of Journalists, it is proposed to pay Miss Denham 80% of the £1,345 house agreement minimum for one year; 90% for a second year and then place her on the agreed scale rising to £1,600 a year. The percentage rates are those for staff with less than three years' experience. Previously, Miss Denham, although a designated Labour Party press officer and an NUJ member for some years, had been paid as a clerk. 4émong those who have come out on strike because of this particular piece of meanness is Mr. Gerald Kaufman, Harold Wilson's press secretary at Iewning Street. ‘There are many anomalies in pay and conditions at Transport House and readers should not be surprised if a strike takes place.
The WeekThe Week Vol. 8, No. 25, c. 20 December 1967
Strike at Transport House Just Averted
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