Another Newspaper Strike In N.Y. Likely

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31332, 31 March 1967, Page 11

Another Newspaper Strike In N.Y. Likely

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NEW YORK, March 30.

New Yorkers today had another strike threat to contend with as the impact of the radio and television strike began to bite deeper.

Already hit by the radio and television strike affecting all four major networks, the city’s harassed residents faced the prospect of a big newspaper strike—the fifth in four years. Unions and publishers of five of the city’s major daily newspapers approached a deadline for contract renewal with no sign of a settlement. “All Bogged Down” The executive vice-presi-dent of the Newspaper Guild, Mr Thomas Murphy, said four unions—typographers, electricians, deliverers and machinists—were prepared to strike when their contracts expire. “It looks like they’re all

bogged down and a strike tomorrow night is as likely as not,” he told reporters. The unions want higher wages, shorter hours and other benefits. The second day of the radio and television strike affected almost all live programmes and some taped shows, but all stations remained on the air. Most of the familiar news announcers were missing, their places taken by executives and non-union staff. Old Shows Tapes of old shows were broadcast for some of the regularly-scheduled dramas, variety programmes and quiz shows. The strike was called by the 18,000-member American Federation of Television and Radio Artists over a pay dispute. One of the issues holding

up settlement is the pay scale for reporters in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles.