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  Australian Information from Wikipedia
The Wapping dispute was, along with the miners' strike of 1984-5, a significant turning point in the history of the trade union movement and UK industrial relations.
Despite the violence of the protests (the Wapping workers had to be bought in to the plant in armoured buses), not a single day of production was lost throughout the year of the dispute's duration.
People in Wapping were largely viewed by the police as sympathetic to the strikers, and were frequently denied access to their streets and homes.
www.thinkingaustralia.com /thinking_australia/wikipedia/default.php?title=Wapping_dispute   (1044 words)

  
  Wapping dispute - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Wapping dispute started on 24 January 1986 when some 6,000 British trade unionists went on strike after months of protracted negotiation with their employers, News International (parent of Times Newspapers and News Group Newspapers).
As the dispute gathered momentum a large-scale police operation was mounted to ensure that the Wapping plant could operate effectively.
People in Wapping were largely viewed by the police as sympathetic to the case of the strikers, and were frequently denied access to their streets and homes.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wapping_dispute   (576 words)

  
 NationMaster.com - Encyclopedia: Wapping   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Wapping was also the site of 'Execution Dock', where pirates and other water-borne criminals faced execution by hanging from a gibbet constructed close to the low water mark.
Wapping was devastated by German bombing in World War II and by the post-war closure of the docks.
Wapping's population plummeted by nearly 60% during the century, with many houses destroyed by the construction of the docks and giant warehouses along the riverfront.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Wapping   (3075 words)

  
 Wapping dispute - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The Wapping dispute started on the 24th January 1986 when some six thousand British Trade Unionists went on strike after months of protracted negotiation with their employers, News International and Times Group Newspapers.
Local residents in Wapping were largely viewed by the police as sympathetic to the case of the strikers, and were frequently denied access to their streets and homes.
The strike also coincided with the redevelopment of the Docklands (of which Wapping is a part) and the influx of 'Yuppies' - the affluent young attracted by opportunities in the burgeoning city.
www.encyclopedia-online.info /Wapping_dispute   (333 words)

  
 NationMaster.com - Encyclopedia: Wapping dispute
The Wapping dispute started on the 24th January 1986 when some 6,000 British trade unionists went on strike after months of protracted negotiation with their employers, News International and Times Group Newspapers.
The strike also coincided with the redevelopment of the Docklands (of which Wapping is a part) and the influx of 'Yuppies' – the affluent young attracted by opportunities in the burgeoning city.
Semantic dispute semantic dispute is a semantic discord.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Wapping-dispute   (1229 words)

  
 wapping
The Wapping bunker came on line overnight to cover for the lock outs at Murdoch's other factories around the country.
The battle lines were drawn and over the next year Wapping was continuously picketed with mass demonstrations called for the Wednesday and Saturday of every week.
By late Feburary the dispute was over and printworker's wages and conditions destroyed.
www.geocities.com /londonriots/wapping.html   (469 words)

  
 Wapping dispute   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The Wapping dispute started on the 24th January 1986 when some six thousand British Trade Union ists went on strike after months of protracted negotiation with their employers, News International and Times Group Newspapers.
The strike also co-incided with the redevelopment of the Docklands (of which Wapping is a part) and the influx of ' Yuppies ' - the affluent young attracted by opportunities in the burgeoning City.
The Wapping dispute was one of the most protracted and bitter in Britain's...
www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Wapping_dispute.html   (1129 words)

  
 Wapping   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Wapping is a place in London England in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
Wapping's population plummeted nearly 60% during the century with many destroyed by the construction of the docks giant warehouses along the riverfront.
This the scene of violent protests after News UK operation moved from Fleet Street to Wapping with over 5 000 workers being sacked when new technology was The plant was nicknamed "Fortress Wapping" when sacked print workers effectively beseiged it mounting pickets and blockades in an ultimately unsuccessful to thwart the move.
www.freeglossary.com /Wapping   (470 words)

  
 Wapping
As the dispute gathered momentum a large-scale police operation was mounted to ensure that the Wapping plant could operate effectively.
Local residents in Wapping were largely viewed by the police as sympathetic to the case of the strikers, and were frequently denied access to their streets and homes.
I was a local resident during the dispute and was arrested for taking photos (on charges which were subsequently dismissed, with costs awarded against the police).
www.gho-englisch.de /Courses/2002-2003/GK_En_01-03/GB_Media/Wapping.htm   (591 words)

  
 Wapping dispute at AllExperts
The Wapping dispute started on 24 January 1986 when some 6,000 newspaper workers went on strike after months of protracted negotiation with their new employers, News International (parent of Times Newspapers and News Group Newspapers, owned by Rupert Murdoch).
The company management was seeking a legally binding agreement at their new plant in Wapping, London, which would force the workers to accept flexible working, a no-strike clause, the adoption of new technology and the abandonment of the closed shop.
People in Wapping were largely viewed by the police as sympathetic to the case of the strikers, and were frequently denied access to their streets and homes.
en.allexperts.com /e/w/wa/wapping_dispute.htm   (650 words)

  
 Wapping dispute: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Murdoch had misled the print unions in to thinking that the Wapping plant was to be used for a new (non-existent) London evening newspaper.
People in Wapping were largely viewed by the police as sympathetic to the case of the strikers, EHandler: no quick summary.
It was claimed at the time of the dispute that the new production methods would result in an increase of choice in the British press (the overwhelming majority were – and remain – conservative in orientation), EHandler: no quick summary.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/w/wa/wapping_dispute.htm   (1555 words)

  
 Wapping strike | libcom.org   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Wapping was used to reinforce the disorientation caused by the defeat of the miners.
Wapping did not represent a defeat for the unions but a strengthening, as did the miners strike.
This was an important event but in the course of the 3 years of struggle that followed Wapping, the struggles that took place were unable to take up the central question of solidarity through extending the strike.
libcom.org /forums/history/wapping-strike   (1815 words)

  
 Wapping, London, England   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Today this is the stretch of the River Thames from Wapping to the London City Airport.
Wapping Studio Flat A studio flat for short or long term rental (min 3 months)within easy reach of the Tower of London and the City.
Wapping Hockey Club Located in the heart of London.
www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Wapping,_London,_England.html   (1299 words)

  
 wapping dispute   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
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Before the Wapping dispute, English newspapers were (allegedly) the victims of widespread union malpractice, and they certainly suffered as businesses because...
The Wapping dispute was one of the most protracted and bitter in Britain.9;s...
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 Observer | Wapping: legacy of Rupert's revolution
It was one of the most dramatic industrial disputes of the last century.
Before Wapping, one print workers' union, the NGA (National Graphical Association) had a monopoly of the computer keyboard in the national newspaper industry.
Wapping was the most vicious dispute ever perpetrated.
observer.guardian.co.uk /print/0,,5374625-102271,00.html   (1799 words)

  
 Culture Shop - Despite The Sun: Wapping and the Print Unions (Film/Video) by Spectacle
Despite the Sun is a montage and eyewitness account of the year long dispute which shook the newspaper industry.
This is an historical account of a dispute that's effects will be felt for many years to come, one that was over-simplified by the media at the time.
This was a dispute with heroes and villains, although they were not always on opposite sides.
www.cultureshop.org /details.php?code=DTS&PHPSESSID=ba54180e9986130c3209d3c3b8f0b444   (599 words)

  
 News Corporation, Technology and the Workplace: Global Strategies, Local Change Capital & Class - Find Articles
The account of the British Wapping dispute in all its dimensions is particularly powerful: it examines the role of the government, the law and the police, the role of divisions within the labour movement, and the technological dimensions of newspaper production.
The introduction tells us that the starting point of the research was the Wapping dispute but that it rapidly became clear that the global context of the dispute was a necessary part of the story.
The section on the Wapping dispute draws attention to, but doesn't develop, the significance of workers' struggles not just through their unions but sometimes also outside and even against the unions.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3780/is_200210/ai_n9110759   (927 words)

  
 Press Gazette - UK Journalism News and Journalism Jobs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
We all became increasingly pessimistic when, in the talks over printing at Wapping and the launch of a putative new London Post, News International insisted on contracts that would effectively shackle the print and clerical unions, and the unions responded with a claim for jobs for life.
When the strike began, and as the print and clerical unions were receiving dismissal notices, we were soon being told to be prepared to move to Wapping that weekend, and work with new technology — with a pay rise, and free health insurance — or be considered as having dismissed ourselves.
For many of the print workers, Wapping was clearly ‘the end of the Street', as Linda Melvern's book on the dispute put it; many wouldn't work again in an industry where new technology would make older craft skills redundant.
www.pressgazette.co.uk /article/190106/no_regrets_on_worst_of_times   (998 words)

  
 the wapping riots in The AnswerBank: History
Wapping and Eddie Shah were two completely different industrial disputes.
The Wapping dispute was with News International (The Times/Murdoch).
The Wapping dispute was indeed related to News International.
www.theanswerbank.co.uk /History/Question75969.html   (349 words)

  
 iqexpand.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
It is situated on the north bank of the River Thames facing Bermondsey and Rotherhithe and is part of the Docklands area of London.
This changed radically in the 19th century when the London Docks were built to the north and west of the High Street.
From the very humble beginnings "Darlings of Wapping Wharf Launderette" has grown in stature to be just about the most respected and best selling self published fanzine in the UK.
wapping.iqexpand.com /index.php?title=Wapping&action=edit   (626 words)

  
 BBC ON THIS DAY | 15 | 1986: Printers and police clash in Wapping
Similar mass protests have taken place regularly outside the Wapping plant ever since the start of a strike three weeks ago over new working conditions and the move from Fleet Street to cheaper premises in East London.
The Wapping dispute was one of the most protracted and bitter in Britain's industrial history.
Wapping effectively broke the power wielded by print unions over the newspaper industry.
news.bbc.co.uk /onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/15/newsid_3455000/3455083.stm   (577 words)

  
 Wapping dispute: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The company management was seeking a legally binding agreement at their new plant in Wapping (Wapping is a place in the london borough of tower hamlets....)
People in Wapping were largely viewed by the police as sympathetic to the case of the strikers, Exception Handler: No article summary found.
It was claimed at the time of the dispute that the new production methods would result in an increase of choice in the British press (the overwhelming majority were – and remain – conservative in orientation), Exception Handler: No article summary found.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /ref/wapping_dispute   (1652 words)

  
 Newspaper says Heathrow airport to be the next Wapping : Heathrow Airport News
While each dispute has happened for a different reason, 'militant elements' amongst the airports workforce have been blamed for each of them.
The sackings inflamed an already bitter dispute over pay and conditions and ended up grounding many flights at BA when some of its workers walked out for more than 24 hours in sympathy.
The dispute at the caterer has dragged on, with GG refusing to reinstate around 200 militant workers within the 667 it sacked.
www.heathrow-airport-uk.info /heathrow-airport-news-190905a.htm   (302 words)

  
 80s and 90s, activity and balance sheet
Those miners and their families who were living amongst tight knit high profile mining communities at the centre of the dispute were getting quite a lot of support and aid including such things as extended credit from local shops.
Here a particular group of workers in dispute, usually in a vulnerable/defensive position in a passive union strike or lockout are idolised and heroised and set up as a vanguard (to lead the "fightback" - "fightbackism"; a related vulgar syndrome to supportism) behind which other militant workers and socialists/communists are called to mobilise behind.
The Wapping dispute (1985-86) was a particularly important episode in our "political education", marking a turning point from a punk anarchism/romantic marginal urban guerrillerism to a more serious class struggle anti-state communism towards the end of the eighties.
www.geocities.com /antagonism1/our80s90s   (3184 words)

  
 Could Heathrow airport be the new Wapping? : Heathrow Airport News Stories
The newspaper says that labour relations experts are predicting that Heathrow could turn into the new Wapping, the east London printing plant which became a battleground between newspaper owners and unions for the control of the industry.
While each dispute has happened for a different reason, 'militant elements' amongst the airports workforce have been singled out as the architects of each.
The dispute at the caterer has dragged on, with GG refusing to reinstate around 200 militant workers within the 667 the sacked workers.
www.uk-airport-news.info /heathrow-airport-news-190905a.htm   (297 words)

  
 dispute
Bain, "The 1986-87 News International dispute: was the workers defeat inevitable...
CEDR is the thought-leader for dispute resolution in Europe and the internationally...
Why has the dispute gone on so long and what were the main sticking points...
www.uk20.co.uk /search.php?q=dispute   (460 words)

  
 East End of London history, wapping dispute, rupert murdoch, the sun, news of the world, sogat
Today, Wapping and Canary Wharf are two of the major publishing centres for the London press.
He bought the Wapping site, (cheap at the time), telling people it was to be used to produce a new paper, The London Post.
Eleven months later, on the anniversary of the start of the dispute, 168 police were injured, with 1000 police in riot gear storming 13,000 demonstrators.
www.eastlondonhistory.com /fortress%20wapping.htm   (1142 words)

  
 BuzzMachine » Blog Archive » The Wapping of the newsroom
The Observer looks back on Rupert Murdoch’s Wapping revolution — when he moved his papers off Fleet Street and away from antiquated rules and methods and unions as well — 20 years ago this month.
I’ve argued that Katrina may have been the explosion news needed, though I suspect it was temporary change.
One Response to “The Wapping of the newsroom”
www.buzzmachine.com /2006/01/16/the-wapping-of-the-newsroom   (406 words)

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