The Resumption of Publication By Newark News Being Pressed; Negotiations Are Scheduled This Week to Resolve Craft-Union Problems -Paper Shut Down Since Last May
Date: 16 January 1972
By DAMON STETSON
Damon STETSON
Newark (NJ) Eve News and Newark Star-Ledger negotiations with TNG reach critical point in aftermath of TNG-News strike settled Nov 16 in which News sold Sunday edition to Ledger and agreed to have paper printed at Ledger plant; new Ledger contracts with printers, mailers, stereotypers and pressmen are still to be reached; Ledger hired only part of News staff; News pres B Mair, Pressmen's Union pres W Torrance and Newspaper Drivers pres C Levy express optimism on possible settlement; Natl Labor Relations Bd examiner F U Reel directs News to reimburse employes on prior unfair labor practices relating to 'payments for expenses not incurred and overtime not worked'; News says it will appeal Reel's findings