Catalogue Number
NMLH.1992.884
Object Name
Badge
Title
...THE SUN NGA I'VE BEEN SACKED NEWS OF THE WORLD... THE TIMES
Place
Wapping, London
People
National Graphical Association (NGA)
Events
Wapping dispute
Description
Round white badge with text "SUNDAY TIMES...THE SUN... NEWS OF THE WORLD... THE TIMES" around the edge, with "NGA I'VE BEEN SACKED!" in bold red text below the NGA logo. 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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