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Union Derecognition At Midland Newspapers

EDM number 681 in 1991-92, proposed by Dave Nellist on 14/02/1992.

That this House condemns the decision of Midland Newspapers, owned by Reed International, announced on Wednesday 12th February, to derecognise the print union GPMU and the National Union of Journalists at the Birmingham Metro News, Worcester Evening News, Hereford Times, Redditch Advertiser, Bromsgrove Advertiser, Stourbridge News, Dudley News, Halesowen News, Wolverhampton Adnews, Chase Post, Worcester Journal, Malvern Gazette, Evesham Journal, Ledbury Reporter, Alcester Chronicle, Droitwich Advertiser, Cotswold Journal, Ludlow Advertiser, Tenbury Wells Advertiser, Evesham Admag and Stratford Journal; is dismayed at management's insistence that there be no collective bargaining over pay, and that working hours could be arbitrarily altered; recognises that this is but the latest attack on unions in the print industry and is a clear withdrawal of human rights; and fully supports the campaign of the NUJ to encourage fellow trades unionists to tell the company they no longer want these papers, most of which are free, delivered.

This motion has been signed by a total of 27 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Dave Nellist14/02/1992Coventry South EastProposed
Eddie Loyden14/02/1992Liverpool, GarstonSigned
Jeremy Corbyn14/02/1992Islington NorthSigned
George Galloway14/02/1992Glasgow HillheadSigned
Martin Redmond17/02/1992Don ValleySigned
Alan Meale17/02/1992MansfieldSigned
Frank Cook17/02/1992Stockton NorthSigned
Jimmy Dunnachie17/02/1992Glasgow, PollokSigned
Mike Watson17/02/1992Glasgow CentralSigned
Ronnie Campbell18/02/1992Blyth ValleySigned
Andrew Faulds18/02/1992Warley EastSigned
John Cummings18/02/1992EasingtonSigned
David Clelland18/02/1992Tyne BridgeSigned
Terry Lewis18/02/1992WorsleySigned
Roy Hughes18/02/1992Newport EastSigned
Peter Hardy18/02/1992WentworthSigned
Dennis Skinner18/02/1992BolsoverSigned
Max Madden19/02/1992Bradford WestSigned
Robert Parry19/02/1992Liverpool, RiversideSigned
Terry Patchett19/02/1992Barnsley EastSigned
Eric Illsley19/02/1992Barnsley CentralSigned
Robert Litherland19/02/1992Manchester CentralSigned
Alice Mahon19/02/1992HalifaxSigned
John Battle19/02/1992Leeds WestSigned
Jack Thompson25/02/1992WansbeckSigned
Tommy Graham27/02/1992Renfrew West and InverclydeSigned
Audrey Wise03/03/1992PrestonSigned

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