Catalogue Number
NMLH.1992.873
Object Name
Badge
Title
1986 DISPUTE. THE TIMES. N.G.A. CHAPEL WAPPING.
Place
Wapping, London
People
National Graphical Association (NGA), The Times
Events
Wapping dispute
Description
Oval enamel pin with a black border with gold helix pattern inside. The centre oval is light yellow with silver text "1986 DISPUTE - THE TIMES - N.G.A. CHAPEL WAPPING".
NGA refers to the trade union, National Graphical Association (NGA). 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.
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