Pergamon Press Dispute

EDM number 40 in 1989-90, proposed by Andrew Smith on 21/11/1989.

That this House condemns the dismissal by Pergamon Press of employees who took official one-day action in compliance with their overwhelming, properly conducted, secret ballot vote in favour of such action to secure recognition of the National Union of Journalists to represent journalists eligible for membership, choosing to be represented by the union, and not working in areas where another union already exercises similar rights; notes that on the 24th November the campaign for the reinstatement of the dismissed employees and for recognition of the National Union of Journalists to represent all its members at Pergamon reaches its six month anniversary with no progress from the management of Pergamon on these points of principle, and that so far the only offer made to the sacked members of the Pergamon National Union of Journalists Chapel has been one of ú3,500 to each Chapel member to go away - an offer that the Chapel has unanimously rejected; and calls upon Pergamon Press to reinstate the dismissed employees forthwith, to grant the right of the National Union of Journalists to represent all its members in Pergamon Press, and to enter negotiations with the National Union of Journalists in order to resolve the dispute without further industrial confrontation.

This motion has been signed by a total of 144 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Andrew Smith	21/11/1989	Oxford East		Proposed
Chris Mullin	21/11/1989	Sunderland South		Signed
Maria Fyfe	21/11/1989	Glasgow, Maryhill		Signed
Tony Banks	21/11/1989	Newham North West		Signed
Harry Barnes	21/11/1989	North East Derbyshire		Signed
John Battle	22/11/1989	Leeds West		Signed
Jimmy Dunnachie	22/11/1989	Glasgow, Pollok		Signed
Terry Davis	22/11/1989	Birmingham, Hodge Hill		Signed
Tom Cox	22/11/1989	Tooting		Signed
Robert Hughes	22/11/1989	Aberdeen North		Signed
Chris Smith	22/11/1989	Islington South & Finsbury		Signed
Max Madden	23/11/1989	Bradford West		Signed
Dennis Skinner	23/11/1989	Bolsover		Signed
Peter Hardy	23/11/1989	Wentworth		Signed
Alan Meale	23/11/1989	Mansfield		Signed
Harry Cohen	23/11/1989	Leyton		Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	24/11/1989	Islington North		Signed
Frank Cook	24/11/1989	Stockton North		Signed
Peter Pike	24/11/1989	Burnley		Signed
Audrey Wise	27/11/1989	Preston		Signed
Ronnie Campbell	27/11/1989	Blyth Valley		Signed
Bill Michie	27/11/1989	Sheffield, Heeley		Signed
Martin Redmond	27/11/1989	Don Valley		Signed
Terry Patchett	27/11/1989	Barnsley East		Signed
James Wray	28/11/1989	Glasgow Provan		Signed
Gerry Steinberg	28/11/1989	Durham, City of		Signed
Norman Godman	28/11/1989	Greenock and Port Glasgow		Signed
John Cummings	28/11/1989	Easington		Signed
Keith Bradley	28/11/1989	Manchester, Withington		Signed
Ian McCartney	28/11/1989	Makerfield		Signed
Martyn Jones	28/11/1989	Clwyd South West		Signed
David Hinchliffe	28/11/1989	Wakefield		Signed
Jeff Rooker	29/11/1989	Birmingham, Perry Barr		Signed
Robert Litherland	29/11/1989	Manchester Central		Signed
Bob Cryer	29/11/1989	Bradford South		Signed
Win Griffiths	29/11/1989	Bridgend		Signed
Jack Thompson	29/11/1989	Wansbeck		Signed
Roland Boyes	30/11/1989	Houghton and Washington		Signed
Eric Illsley	04/12/1989	Barnsley Central		Signed
Bruce Grocott	04/12/1989	Wrekin, The		Signed
Diane Abbott	08/12/1989	Hackney North & Stoke Newington		Signed
Ernie Ross	11/12/1989	Dundee West		Signed
John McAllion	11/12/1989	Dundee East		Signed
William McKelvey	11/12/1989	Kilmarnock & Loudoun		Signed
Tony Benn	08/01/1990	Chesterfield		Signed
Alan Wynne Williams	08/01/1990	Carmarthen		Signed
Frank Field	10/01/1990	Birkenhead		Signed
Dawn Primarolo	10/01/1990	Bristol South		Signed
Alice Mahon	11/01/1990	Halifax		Signed
Eddie Loyden	12/01/1990	Liverpool, Garston		Signed
Ken Livingstone	15/01/1990	Brent East		Signed
Lewis Moonie	18/01/1990	Kirkcaldy		Signed
Richard Caborn	23/01/1990	Sheffield Central		Signed
Gerry Bermingham	04/04/1990	St Helens South		Signed
Graham Allen	04/04/1990	Nottingham North		Signed
Llin Golding	04/04/1990	Newcastle-under-Lyme		Signed
Paul Flynn	04/04/1990	Newport West		Signed
Andrew Faulds	04/04/1990	Warley East		Signed
Ron Davies	04/04/1990	Caerphilly		Signed
Robin Corbett	04/04/1990	Birmingham, Erdington		Signed
Derek Fatchett	05/04/1990	Leeds Central		Signed
Frank Doran	05/04/1990	Aberdeen South		Signed
Brian Sedgemore	05/04/1990	Hackney South & Shoreditch		Signed
Joyce Quin	05/04/1990	Gateshead East		Signed
Michael Foot	18/04/1990	Blaenau Gwent		Signed
George Foulkes	18/04/1990	Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley		Signed
John Gilbert	18/04/1990	Dudley East		Signed
Mildred Gordon	18/04/1990	Bow and Poplar		Signed
Hilary Armstrong	18/04/1990	North West Durham		Signed
Joe Ashton	18/04/1990	Bassetlaw		Signed
Dennis Turner	18/04/1990	Wolverhampton South East		Signed
Gareth Wardell	18/04/1990	Gower		Signed
Robert Wareing	18/04/1990	Liverpool, West Derby		Signed
Michael Welsh	18/04/1990	Doncaster North		Signed
Gwyneth Dunwoody	18/04/1990	Crewe & Nantwich		Signed
David Clelland	18/04/1990	Tyne Bridge		Signed
Ronald Brown	18/04/1990	Edinburgh Leith		Signed
Raymond Powell	18/04/1990	Ogmore		Signed
Clare Short	18/04/1990	Birmingham, Ladywood		Signed
Nigel Spearing	18/04/1990	Newham South		Signed
Sylvia Heal	18/04/1990	Staffordshire Mid		Signed
George Howarth	18/04/1990	Knowsley North		Signed
Terry Lewis	18/04/1990	Worsley		Signed
Tony Lloyd	18/04/1990	Stretford		Signed
Calum MacDonald	18/04/1990	Na h-Eileanan an Iar		Signed
John McFall	18/04/1990	Dumbarton		Signed
Mo Mowlam	18/04/1990	Redcar		Signed
Paul Murphy	19/04/1990	Torfaen		Signed
Geoffrey Lofthouse	19/04/1990	Pontefract & Castleford		Signed
Ron Leighton	19/04/1990	Newham North East		Signed
Jimmy Hood	19/04/1990	Clydesdale		Signed
John McWilliam	23/04/1990	Blaydon		Signed
David Winnick	24/04/1990	Walsall North		Signed
Rhodri Morgan	24/04/1990	Cardiff West		Signed
John Marek	24/04/1990	Wrexham		Signed
Elliot Morley	26/04/1990	Glanford and Scunthorpe		Signed
George Galloway	02/05/1990	Glasgow Hillhead		Signed
Gavin Strang	02/05/1990	Edinburgh East		Signed
Kim Howells	08/05/1990	Pontypridd		Signed
James Callaghan	08/05/1990	Heywood & Middleton		Signed
Mike Watson	09/05/1990	Glasgow Central		Signed
Joan Ruddock	09/05/1990	Lewisham, Deptford		Signed
John Garrett	10/05/1990	Norwich South		Signed
Robert Parry	16/05/1990	Liverpool, Riverside		Signed
John Evans	16/05/1990	St Helens North		Signed
Joan Walley	16/05/1990	Stoke-on-Trent North		Signed
Kenneth Eastham	17/05/1990	Manchester, Blackley		Signed
Lawrence Cunliffe	17/05/1990	Leigh		Signed
Donald Coleman	17/05/1990	Neath		Signed
Barry Sheerman	17/05/1990	Huddersfield		Signed
Tom Pendry	17/05/1990	Stalybridge & Hyde		Signed
Ann Taylor	22/05/1990	Dewsbury		Signed
Peter Snape	23/05/1990	West Bromwich East		Signed
Dale Campbell-Savours	23/05/1990	Workington		Signed
Tony Worthington	23/05/1990	Clydebank & Milngavie		Signed
Donald Anderson	05/06/1990	Swansea East		Signed
Alexander Eadie	05/06/1990	Midlothian		Signed
Alistair Darling	05/06/1990	Edinburgh Central		Signed
Ted Rowlands	06/06/1990	Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney		Signed
David Marshall	06/06/1990	Glasgow, Shettleston		Signed
John Maxton	07/06/1990	Glasgow, Cathcart		Signed
Stan Orme	07/06/1990	Salford East		Signed
Alan Williams	12/06/1990	Swansea West		Signed
Bill O'Brien	13/06/1990	Normanton		Signed
David Young	13/06/1990	Bolton South East		Signed
Michael Martin	18/06/1990	Glasgow, Springburn		Signed
Norman Hogg	18/06/1990	Cumbernauld & Kilsyth		Signed
Austin Mitchell	19/06/1990	Great Grimsby		Signed
Clive Soley	21/06/1990	Hammersmith		Signed
Roy Hughes	22/06/1990	Newport East		Signed
Alun Michael	25/06/1990	Cardiff South & Penarth		Signed
Thomas McAvoy	04/07/1990	Glasgow, Rutherglen		Signed
Mark Fisher	10/07/1990	Stoke-on-Trent Central		Signed
Eric Martlew	24/07/1990	Carlisle		Signed
Tommy Graham	06/09/1990	Renfrew West and Inverclyde		Signed
Kevin Barron	22/10/1990	Rother Valley		Signed
Harry Ewing	23/10/1990	Falkirk East		Signed
Kate Hoey	24/10/1990	Vauxhall		Signed
John Home Robertson	24/10/1990	East Lothian		Signed
David Lambie	25/10/1990	Cunninghame South		Signed
Doug Hoyle	29/10/1990	Warrington North		Signed
Stuart Randall	30/10/1990	Kingston upon Hull West		Signed
Nigel Griffiths	31/10/1990	Edinburgh South		Signed
Norman Buchan	Unknown			Withdrawn

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