Catalogue Number
NMLH.1991.76.2
Object Name
Badge
Title
GCHQ Trade unionists sacked! Support them
Place
Cheltenham
People
Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ)
Events
GCHQ Trade union membership ban
Description
Round white badge with red text "GCHQ Trade unionists sacked! Support them". "SACKED!" is in large white text on a black banner across the centre of the badge.
Between 1984 and 1997, there was a ban on trade union membership for employees of GCHQ, the Government Communications Headquarters, as the Conservative government claimed it would risk national security. It was the second-longest dispute in British trade union history. The ban was overturned by the new Labour government in May 1997.
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