Members of the National Union of Journalists are to be officially recognised for their help in sustaining strike action in a six-month pay dispute at the Bradford Telegraph and Argus.

The Bradford chapel is to table a motion at the union's annual delegate meeting in Liverpool, to congratulate members in Bradford, Bolton, Bury, Kendal and South London for their campaigns this year against parent company Newsquest.

The Bradford dispute finally came to an end in October when journalists agreed to receive the original two per cent pay rise offered by the company in January.

The motion to be tabled says: "This ADM notes that the six-month long Bradford dispute was sustained through donations totaling £50,000 from the union's fighting fund, from many friends in the NUJ and the wider union movement, and welcomes the NUJ's commitment to a broader and co-ordinated effort against Newsquest in 2004."

In October the NUJ launched a bid for a six per cent rise for all journalists at newspapers published by Newsquest for each of the next two years.

The delegate meeting is the union's supreme decision-making body.

Policy and activities are voted on by delegates from the 150 local branches.

Five other motions back the action against Newsquest titles, and a further one to condemn Trinity Mirror's restructuring which will result in the loss of some 800 posts in three years.

There will also be support for photographers, who "still face poor pay rates and working conditions" despite the thousands of pounds of investment on digital equipment in recent years.

Other discussions will include: