Catalogue Number
NMLH.1992.879
Object Name
Badge
Title
NGA 1 YEARS UNBROKEN LOYALTY. JANUARY 24TH 1986/7
Place
Wapping, London
People
National Graphical Association (NGA)
Events
Wapping dispute
Description
Round enamel pin badge with the NGA logo in blue at the top. In the centre, gold text reads "NGA 1 YEARS UNBROKEN LOYALTY" above a white raised fist. The red background border has gold laurel wreath pattern and "January 24th 1986/7" at the bottom.
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.
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