The World - News from Feb. 16, 1986
More than 2,000 fired printers, hurling bricks and other objects, clashed with riot police outside publisher Rupert Murdoch’s new newspaper plant in London in the most violent attempt yet to disrupt the plant’s operations. Five policemen were injured and 35 people were arrested, a police spokesman said. The clash grew out of a running dispute between Murdoch and about 5,000 members of two print unions who were fired more than three weeks ago. The dispute arose over the introduction of new technology in printing Murdoch’s four British newspapers at new plants.
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