Catalogue Number
NMLH.1992.892
Object Name
Badge
Title
MURDOCH'S REWARD. 6,000 SACKED
Place
Wapping, London
People
Rupert Murdoch
Events
Wapping dispute
Description
Round badge with a caricature of Rupert Murdoch in the centre. On a red background, text reads "Murdoch's reward - 6,000 sacked". On the outer edge is a circular border of barbed wire.
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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