Gary Morton obituary

My friend and colleague Gary Morton, who has died aged 68 after a short illness, was a political activist, trade union official and barrister who specialised in labour law and fought for the jobs of journalists and printers during the move to new technology.

Shortly after I met Gary in 1989, when he worked for the National Union of Journalists, he suggested that we write an article on industrial relations in the regional press. So began a project, focusing on the interface of labour law and industrial relations, that led to seven substantial publications.