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This motion has been signed by a total of 144 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Andrew Smith21/11/1989Oxford EastProposed
Chris Mullin21/11/1989Sunderland SouthSigned
Maria Fyfe21/11/1989Glasgow, MaryhillSigned
Tony Banks21/11/1989Newham North WestSigned
Harry Barnes21/11/1989North East DerbyshireSigned
Chris Smith22/11/1989Islington South & FinsburySigned
Robert Hughes22/11/1989Aberdeen NorthSigned
Tom Cox22/11/1989TootingSigned
Terry Davis22/11/1989Birmingham, Hodge HillSigned
Jimmy Dunnachie22/11/1989Glasgow, PollokSigned
John Battle22/11/1989Leeds WestSigned
Max Madden23/11/1989Bradford WestSigned
Dennis Skinner23/11/1989BolsoverSigned
Peter Hardy23/11/1989WentworthSigned
Alan Meale23/11/1989MansfieldSigned
Harry Cohen23/11/1989LeytonSigned
Peter Pike24/11/1989BurnleySigned
Frank Cook24/11/1989Stockton NorthSigned
Jeremy Corbyn24/11/1989Islington NorthSigned
Terry Patchett27/11/1989Barnsley EastSigned
Martin Redmond27/11/1989Don ValleySigned
Bill Michie27/11/1989Sheffield, HeeleySigned
Ronnie Campbell27/11/1989Blyth ValleySigned
Audrey Wise27/11/1989PrestonSigned
David Hinchliffe28/11/1989WakefieldSigned
Martyn Jones28/11/1989Clwyd South WestSigned
Ian McCartney28/11/1989MakerfieldSigned
Keith Bradley28/11/1989Manchester, WithingtonSigned
John Cummings28/11/1989EasingtonSigned
Norman Godman28/11/1989Greenock and Port GlasgowSigned
Gerry Steinberg28/11/1989Durham, City ofSigned
James Wray28/11/1989Glasgow ProvanSigned
Jeff Rooker29/11/1989Birmingham, Perry BarrSigned
Robert Litherland29/11/1989Manchester CentralSigned
Bob Cryer29/11/1989Bradford SouthSigned
Win Griffiths29/11/1989BridgendSigned
Jack Thompson29/11/1989WansbeckSigned
Roland Boyes30/11/1989Houghton and WashingtonSigned
Eric Illsley04/12/1989Barnsley CentralSigned
Bruce Grocott04/12/1989Wrekin, TheSigned
Diane Abbott08/12/1989Hackney North & Stoke NewingtonSigned
Ernie Ross11/12/1989Dundee WestSigned
John McAllion11/12/1989Dundee EastSigned
William McKelvey11/12/1989Kilmarnock & LoudounSigned
Tony Benn08/01/1990ChesterfieldSigned
Alan Wynne Williams08/01/1990CarmarthenSigned
Dawn Primarolo10/01/1990Bristol SouthSigned
Frank Field10/01/1990BirkenheadSigned
Alice Mahon11/01/1990HalifaxSigned
Eddie Loyden12/01/1990Liverpool, GarstonSigned
Ken Livingstone15/01/1990Brent EastSigned
Lewis Moonie18/01/1990KirkcaldySigned
Richard Caborn23/01/1990Sheffield CentralSigned
Robin Corbett04/04/1990Birmingham, ErdingtonSigned
Ron Davies04/04/1990CaerphillySigned
Andrew Faulds04/04/1990Warley EastSigned
Paul Flynn04/04/1990Newport WestSigned
Llin Golding04/04/1990Newcastle-under-LymeSigned
Graham Allen04/04/1990Nottingham NorthSigned
Gerry Bermingham04/04/1990St Helens SouthSigned
Joyce Quin05/04/1990Gateshead EastSigned
Brian Sedgemore05/04/1990Hackney South & ShoreditchSigned
Frank Doran05/04/1990Aberdeen SouthSigned
Derek Fatchett05/04/1990Leeds CentralSigned
Raymond Powell18/04/1990OgmoreSigned
Clare Short18/04/1990Birmingham, LadywoodSigned
Nigel Spearing18/04/1990Newham SouthSigned
Sylvia Heal18/04/1990Staffordshire MidSigned
George Howarth18/04/1990Knowsley NorthSigned
Terry Lewis18/04/1990WorsleySigned
Tony Lloyd18/04/1990StretfordSigned
Calum MacDonald18/04/1990Na h-Eileanan an IarSigned
John McFall18/04/1990DumbartonSigned
Mo Mowlam18/04/1990RedcarSigned
Ronald Brown18/04/1990Edinburgh LeithSigned
David Clelland18/04/1990Tyne BridgeSigned
Gwyneth Dunwoody18/04/1990Crewe & NantwichSigned
Michael Foot18/04/1990Blaenau GwentSigned
George Foulkes18/04/1990Carrick, Cumnock and Doon ValleySigned
John Gilbert18/04/1990Dudley EastSigned
Mildred Gordon18/04/1990Bow and PoplarSigned
Hilary Armstrong18/04/1990North West DurhamSigned
Joe Ashton18/04/1990BassetlawSigned
Dennis Turner18/04/1990Wolverhampton South EastSigned
Gareth Wardell18/04/1990GowerSigned
Robert Wareing18/04/1990Liverpool, West DerbySigned
Michael Welsh18/04/1990Doncaster NorthSigned
Jimmy Hood19/04/1990ClydesdaleSigned
Ron Leighton19/04/1990Newham North EastSigned
Geoffrey Lofthouse19/04/1990Pontefract & CastlefordSigned
Paul Murphy19/04/1990TorfaenSigned
John McWilliam23/04/1990BlaydonSigned
John Marek24/04/1990WrexhamSigned
Rhodri Morgan24/04/1990Cardiff WestSigned
David Winnick24/04/1990Walsall NorthSigned
Elliot Morley26/04/1990Glanford and ScunthorpeSigned
George Galloway02/05/1990Glasgow HillheadSigned
Gavin Strang02/05/1990Edinburgh EastSigned
Kim Howells08/05/1990PontypriddSigned
James Callaghan08/05/1990Heywood & MiddletonSigned
Joan Ruddock09/05/1990Lewisham, DeptfordSigned
Mike Watson09/05/1990Glasgow CentralSigned
John Garrett10/05/1990Norwich SouthSigned
Robert Parry16/05/1990Liverpool, RiversideSigned
John Evans16/05/1990St Helens NorthSigned
Joan Walley16/05/1990Stoke-on-Trent NorthSigned
Tom Pendry17/05/1990Stalybridge & HydeSigned
Barry Sheerman17/05/1990HuddersfieldSigned
Donald Coleman17/05/1990NeathSigned
Lawrence Cunliffe17/05/1990LeighSigned
Kenneth Eastham17/05/1990Manchester, BlackleySigned
Ann Taylor22/05/1990DewsburySigned
Peter Snape23/05/1990West Bromwich EastSigned
Dale Campbell-Savours23/05/1990WorkingtonSigned
Tony Worthington23/05/1990Clydebank & MilngavieSigned
Alistair Darling05/06/1990Edinburgh CentralSigned
Alexander Eadie05/06/1990MidlothianSigned
Donald Anderson05/06/1990Swansea EastSigned
Ted Rowlands06/06/1990Merthyr Tydfil & RhymneySigned
David Marshall06/06/1990Glasgow, ShettlestonSigned
John Maxton07/06/1990Glasgow, CathcartSigned
Stan Orme07/06/1990Salford EastSigned
Alan Williams12/06/1990Swansea WestSigned
Bill O'Brien13/06/1990NormantonSigned
David Young13/06/1990Bolton South EastSigned
Norman Hogg18/06/1990Cumbernauld & KilsythSigned
Michael Martin18/06/1990Glasgow, SpringburnSigned
Austin Mitchell19/06/1990Great GrimsbySigned
Clive Soley21/06/1990HammersmithSigned
Roy Hughes22/06/1990Newport EastSigned
Alun Michael25/06/1990Cardiff South & PenarthSigned
Thomas McAvoy04/07/1990Glasgow, RutherglenSigned
Mark Fisher10/07/1990Stoke-on-Trent CentralSigned
Eric Martlew24/07/1990CarlisleSigned
Tommy Graham06/09/1990Renfrew West and InverclydeSigned
Kevin Barron22/10/1990Rother ValleySigned
Harry Ewing23/10/1990Falkirk EastSigned
Kate Hoey24/10/1990VauxhallSigned
John Home Robertson24/10/1990East LothianSigned
David Lambie25/10/1990Cunninghame SouthSigned
Doug Hoyle29/10/1990Warrington NorthSigned
Stuart Randall30/10/1990Kingston upon Hull WestSigned
Nigel Griffiths31/10/1990Edinburgh SouthSigned
Norman BuchanUnknownWithdrawn

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