/ 28 January 1999

MAGAZINE LOCKOUT

MORE than 400 members of the Paper, Print, Wood and Allied Workers Union have been locked out at National Magazine Printers in Cape Town after the union staged a go-slow. The go-slow was in response to what the union calls futile wage negotiations and began on Wednesday afternoon, SABC Radio reported on Thursday. A spokesperson for management said they informed the workers that the go-slow would be considered industrial action and they would be locked out at 8pm on Wednesday. A spokesperson for National Magazine Printers said it was business as usual at the printing house.