The Jerusalem Post, Davar and some of the smaller morning newspapers were closed down tonight as the Journalists Union continued its policy of selected one-day strikes in support of its wage demands. The union has threatened to shut down all the morning newspapers Thursday night, thus preventing the newspapers from publishing their lucrative weekend editions on Friday.
The two large afternoon newspapers, Maariv and Yediot Achronot, are not affected since they signed new contracts last weekend. The contracts provide for the 25 percent increase given last April as an intermediate measure and five percent increases in October and in April, 1979. There is also the possibility of other hikes depending on what type of increases other groups, such as teachers and government economists, receive in their new contracts.
The union wants the same terms for the morning newspapers. But the Publishers Association claims these newspapers cannot meet the increases given by the much wealthier evening papers.
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