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The Scum - comic about the Wapping strike, 1986

A contemporary spoof of The Sun newspaper containing a "Tintin" cartoon about the Wapping printers strike of 1986.

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14 May 2008 by Steven.

Wapping print works to close

The Wapping print works which was notoriously used to break the print workers' organisation is to close, with two-thirds of staff set to lose their jobs.

Around 400 jobs are expected to go when Wapping closes, with jobs across the industry potentially threatened as the Murdoch press looks to aggressively expand into the contract print market.

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17 Mar 2008 by Rob Ray

1986-1987: Wapping printers strike

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A short history of a strike by printers in the London borough of Wapping 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.

The strike of newspaper workers that began on January 24, 1986, marked the beginning of a bitter year long dispute between the print workers of Wapping, a borough of East London, and their employers, the publishing company News International.

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19 Feb 2007 by Alex...

Toublet, Jacques 'Jacky', 1940-2002

Jacky Toublet

A short biography of French anarcho-syndicalist print worker Jacky Toublet.

Jacques 'Jacky' Toublet
Born 1940 - France, died 14 June 2002 - France

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14 Sep 2005 by Steven.

Melinand, Gerard, 1952-2000

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A biography of French anarchist print worker and militant Gerard Melinand.

Gerard Melinand
Born 1952 - France, died 12/22 June 2000 - France

Gerard Melinand (Gege) died suddenly of a heart attack at the age of 48 in the night of 21st to 22nd June 2000.

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20 Sep 2004 by Steven.

Meltzer, Albert, 1920-1996

Albert Meltzer

A short biography of British anarcho-syndicalist print worker Albert Meltzer, who was active providing support to the Spanish Resistance.

Obituaries of Albert Meltzer described him as a 'torchbearer of international anarchism.' What makes an anarchist torchbearer?

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20 Sep 2004 by Steven.
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