‘Observer’ ultimatum
NZPA-Reuter London The United- States oil company which owns the liberal British newspaper, the “Observer” is threatening to cease publication at the end of June unless printers accept production changes, a union leader has said. Mr George Jerrom, national officer of the National Graphical Society (N.G.A.), said that Atlantic Richfield Oil Company, of Los Angeles, had said that if a deal was not worked out by July 1, it would end its $46 million investment and sever all connections with the “Observer.”
The company rescued the 188-year-old Sunday newspaper from deep financial troubles in 1976 by acquiring 90 per cent of the shares. Mr Jerrom has been involved in bargaining between the newspaper’s printers and executives over the introduction of new electronic technology, increasing the size of the paper from 48 pages to 64, and printing it in one shift.
The N.G.A. printers oppose the proposed changes from partial mid-week printing and the two sides have failed to agree on wage rates for the new technology being accepted.
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