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His tenure was noted for battles with the print unions.

The only alternative, he told the militant print unions, was to shut the company down altogether.

He's used to negotiating with the print unions right up to and past deadlines."

A spokeswoman for the print union, Sogat, said such practices were on the way out.

They're on the way out, like the print unions of the 'hot metal' era of the press.

The more moderate print unions now counselled compromise.

The rejoinder to this is that he saved the press from the print unions and ensured media plurality.

The electricians appeared to accept the kind of binding agreements which he had vainly sought from the print unions.

His efforts were thwarted from the start by demands from the print unions, which insisted on unsustainable manning levels.

In 1985 he was sent back to London to again negotiate with the print unions regarding Wapping.

Murdoch challenge to print unions Glasgow Herald, December 30, 1985.

Unknown to the print unions, Murdoch had also embarked on recruiting electricians to work in his plant instead of the traditional printers.

In 1983 he negotiated with the print unions for their entry to the new print center at Wapping.

The nation's biggest printing union voted to stop its yearlong protest over his swift dismissal of 5,500 of its members.

First, the printing unions controlled the process; their powers included the hiring of staff and deciding the level of manning in print rooms.

He stood up to the once-powerful print unions in his regional newspapers in 1983, forcing the introduction of cost-saving modern technology.

According to Goodhart and Wintour, they were drafted with the print unions in mind.

Attempts to breach these injunctions resulted in severe financial penalties being imposed on the print unions and the eventual cessation of hostilities.

Print union surrenders at Wapping Glasgow Herald, February 6, 1987.

He decided to retire from daily print journalism in 1986, the year of the Wapping dispute between the newspaper's proprietor and the print unions.

Murdoch had led the print unions to think that the Wapping plant was to be used for a new evening newspaper, the London Post.

Seizing the opportunity to increase his presence on Fleet Street, he made an agreement with the print unions, promising fewer redundancies if he got the paper.

Performed a key role in the prolonged print union conflict of The Times and Sunday Times in the late 1970s.

The stranglehold the print unions once held on the industry has been broken, modern computer technology has replaced antiquated type-setting practices and profitability has soared.

The acquisition followed an intense 21 days of negotiations with the print unions conducted by John Collier and Bill O'Neill.