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The Wapping dispute was a lengthy failed strike by print workers in London in 1986. Print unions tried to block distribution of The Sunday Times , along with other newspapers in Rupert Murdoch 's News International group, after production was shifted to a new plant in Wapping in January 1986.
Jan 21, 2016 · Thirty years ago this weekend, Rupert Murdoch moved his papers to Wapping, firing anyone who refused to work with his new technology and fomenting ugly battles at the gates of his new plant.
Feb 5, 2010 · The Wapping dispute was one of the most protracted and bitter in Britain's industrial history. The picketing was exceptionally violent, with 1,262 arrests and 410 police...
Sep 24, 2024 · Rupert Murdoch’s Wapping dispute shaped media in the UK. New research looks at what happened on the frontline Lecturers Sam Kemp and Amil Mohanan researched Murdoch’s 1980s battle with the printing unions by interviewing those who picketed and digging through newspapers run by those striking.
The Wapping dispute of 1986-87 was a fight to save jobs. Before the dispute, Fleet Street newspapers were typeset with hot metal and the print unions were powerful. Rupert Murdoch secretly built a system to print and distribute all of his newspapers from a new high-tech plant at Wapping.
It is 30 years ago that 5,500 newspaper workers went on strike after failing to agree terms and conditions with Rupert Murdoch’s News International over a move to a new and high-tech printing plant at Wapping in the London Docklands.
Jan 25, 2016 · The Wapping Dispute. Released On: 25 Jan 2016. Available for over a year. In January 1986 newspaper owner Rupert Murdoch took on the British print unions. Read more. More episodes. Programme...
