One of the National Union of Journalists' most charismatic activists from the 1960s and 70s, Ron Knowles, has died, aged 68. He led a successful strike at the Middlesbrough Evening Gazette in 1967, creating a template for a series of NUJ actions for more than a decade, culminating in the 1978-79 Newspaper Society strike.
He was editor of the NUJ magazine, The Journalist, for eight years before becoming a national organiser for two years. He emigrated to Australia in 1983, working as a sub in Sydney. Read Tim Gopsill's tribute here, and many affectionate comments from old friends and comrades here.
