Graduates of the Printing House found work at New York newspapers as compositors and pressmen. Many pressmen left the ITU for the Bookbinders. In 1978, a strike by pressmen (printers' union) began and lasted eight months. Ardently pro-labor, he made a principled choice to support the striking newspaper pressmen. He started his professional career in Derry Wilkie and the Pressmen in 1963. Men held the tasks of "pressmen and feeders". The startled Pressmen gazed at each other, awe-struck. Relatives, friends and pressmen from my two home cities - Johannesburg and Pretoria. Friday's technical ability made him very popular among Reading supporters and pressmen alike. Born in Liverpool, Kenzie's first band was The Pressmen.