Catalogue Number
NMLH.1992.876
Object Name
Badge
Title
NEWS OF THE WORLD. NGA CHAPEL WAPPING STRIKE 1986
Place
Wapping, London
People
News of the World, National Graphical Association (NGA)
Events
Wapping dispute
Description
Round enamel badge with a yellow border with helix pattern inside. In the centre blue circle is gold text "NEWS OF THE WORLD. NGA CHAPEL WAPPING STRIKE 1986".
NGA refers to the trade union, National Graphical Association. The badge was produced in support of printworkers, who had gone on strike in response to the management of Rupert Murdoch's News International refusing to negotiate terms for the movement of the printworks of the newspapers to a new factory in Wapping with worse terms of employment, in 1986. Following the declaration of the strike, known as the Wapping dispute, striking members of staff were fired. Mass pickets and a boycott movement soon followed, but the 54-week strike was ultimately unsuccessful.
Multimedia
