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- November 1987 - December 1988 (Creation)
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Records relating to the negotiation and implementation of the GNL and NUJ house agreement for 1988, November 1987 - December 1988.
Includes correspondence between Peter Preston (editor), Robert Armstrong (father of the chapel, London), Ken Dodd (executive editor) and Jim Markwick (managing director, GNL) concerning negotiations, arbitration procedures and implementation of the house agreement, March - April 1988; a copy of the GNL and NUJ house agreement operative from 1 April 1987; list of features staff, nd, [1988]; statement from the NUJ in the Guardian/NUJ arbitration case to settle disputes over the 1988 house agreement claim, nd, [March 1988]; a copy of the GNL and NUJ house agreement operative from 1 January 1988; lists of weekly and Manchester paid journalists with salary increases effective from June 1988; correspondence between Ken Dodd and Seumas Milne (father of the chapel, London) concerning Maundy Thursday working, July - December 1988; suggested changes to the 1988 house agreement sent from Ken Dodd to Peter Preston, December 1988 and a list of staff to receive Maundy Thursday working payments, December 1988.
Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Editor's Office; Peter Preston (1938-2018)
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Records relating to individual staff are access restricted in line with the Data Protection Act.
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- Preston; Peter John (1938-2018); journalist and editor of the Guardian (Subject)
- National Union of Journalists (1907-); trade union (Subject)
- Markwick; James Charles; chief executive, Guardian Media Group (Subject)
- Armstrong; Robert (fl.1970s); journalist (Subject)
- Dodd; Kenneth George; journalist and executive editor of the Guardian (Subject)
- Milne; Seumas; journalist and writer (Subject)