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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.
by Ann Field. THIRTY years after the traumatic year-long dispute at Wapping, which cost 5,500 jobs, Murdoch’s News Corp still sits on top of the pile of media conglomerates. The phone-hacking and bribery scandals rocked the political Establishment but have left Murdoch virtually untouched. His relationship with the Tory government seems as ...
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.
Mar 17, 2011 · In part three of the British at Work, Kirsty Young hears how the Wapping Dispute of 1986, between the print workers' union and the owners of News International, along with the Miners' Strike of...
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...
The 1986 Wapping dispute between Rupert Murdoch’s News International and the newspaper unions was one of the most controversial in British industrial history. At its heart, the dispute was about new developments in newspaper printing and production.
Feb 19, 2007 · Wapping dispute. A short history of a strike and subsequent lockout by printers in the Wapping area of London, which began in the winter of 1986 and ended just over a year later. The strike marked one of the last major confrontations of the 1980s between workers and employers in the UK.
