Speeches, etc.

Margaret Thatcher

Letter to Finchley Times (closed shops in journalism)

Document type: Speeches, interviews, etc.
Venue: Unknown
Source: Finchley Times, 4 August 1977
Editorial comments: Item listed by date of publication.
Importance ranking: Minor
Word count: 96
Themes: Media, Trade unions

MRS THATCHER

(Finchley and Friern Barnet)

I am grateful to you for letting me know your views. I do of course back your opposition to the principle of a one-union closed shop.

For your information, In Darlington a couple of weeks ago one of the NUJ pickets asked me what I thought of the dispute there.

I told him I was 100 per cent behind Mrs Kirk Smith in her battle and totally opposed to a closed shop in journalism. The picket wasn't pleased but at least he got a clear, straightforward reply.