- Wapping victim Sir: The number of Sogat '82 print-workers
at Gray's Inn Road is far outnumbered by non-print members. These include cashiers, telephonists, librarians, secretar- ies and editorial researchers. All have been sacked. Point one.
Point two. According to the DHSS, unemployment benefit is not payable to those dismissed in furtherance of a trade dispute. Perhaps you can enlighten Peter Paterson and Paul Johnson (1 February) on these facts and for good measure know that my wife, as an editorial researcher on the Sunday Times for 19 years and, willy- nilly, a Sogat member who was paid peanuts until the union fought for at least a national average wage, was fired with 860 others because they followed the dictates of a statutory secret ballot. Whatever may be said about the printers, let's get all the facts straight.
Patrick M. Forman
25 Devonshire Road, Cambridge
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