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Correspondence, National Union of Journalists (NUJ) chapel circulars and claims, notes and minutes of meetings, draft house agreements, company offers and lists of staff salaries and pensioners with NUJ award amendments relating to the negotiation and implementation of the Guardian Newspapers Limited (GNL) and NUJ 1982 house agreement, March 1982 - November 1982.

Correspondents and meeting attendees include Ken Dodd, Peter Preston, Gerald Taylor, Jim Markwick and Guardian NUJ father of the chapel Mick Downing.

Also includes: a copy of the Financial Times NUJ house agreement, July 1981; analysis of the NUJ editorial perks and salary questionnaire January 1982; the 1982 GNL and NUJ house agreement operative from 1 April 1982 and a memorandum (attached to the GNL and NUJ 1980 house agreement) from Ian Ashcroft to Ken Dodd concerning the payment of expenses and the Inland Revenue, November 1982.
Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Editor's Office; Kenneth Dodd

Records relating to the use of the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS) in the negotiations for a new Guardian Newspapers Limited and National Union of Journalists house agreement, December 1987 - July 1988.

Includes: a report by Ian Ashcroft on the Guardian's finances, December 1987; minutes of a chapel meeting held on 7 January 1988; the 1988 Financial Times NUJ house agreement, February 1988; Guardian editorial headcount report summary, 29 February 1988; correspondence between Ken Dodd and the editor of the Press Association and managing editor of The Times concerning working hours and house agreements, February 1988; draft of a written statement and submission for the arbitrator from the company, March 1988; notes made prior to an ACAS meeting 7 March 1988; correspondence between Ken Dodd and Robert Armstrong concerning numbers of contracted staff, January 1988; terms of reference for arbitration and the progress of discussions, March 1988; ACAS guide to arbitration and mediation, nd; CVs for potential arbitrators, March 1988; arbitrators report and award, April 1988; a letter concerning an individual staff dispute, July 1988 and a comparison of ABC figures for the circulation of national newspapers between July - December 1986 and July - December 1987, nd.
Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Editor's Office; Kenneth Dodd

Correspondence, notes and minutes of meetings and draft agreements concerning negotiations for the 1989 Guardian Newspapers Limited and National Union of Journalists house agreement, January 1989 - June 1989.

Correspondent and meeting attendees include: Ian Wright; Seumas Milne; Ken Dodd and Peta van den Bergh.

Includes correspondence and papers concerning proceedings at the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS) in the mediation of differences between GNL and NUJ, April 1989 and responses from newspapers, including the Times, Financial Times and Guardian, to a questionnaire on staff pay, nd, [c1989].

Also contains copies of memorandums concerning the Guardian redesign, 1988 and proposals for the new 'preview' magazine for the Friday Guardian, 4 April 1989; correspondence concerning the role of the Guardian Library, April 1989; correspondence and notes concerning amendments and additions to the direct input agreement, nd, [c1989] and a list of full screen make up, May 1989.
Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Editor's Office; Ian Wright

Correspondence, notes of meetings and draft papers relating to negotiations for, and the implementation of, the Guardian Newspapers Limited (GNL) and National Union of Journalists (NUJ) 1989 house agreement, December 1988 - November 1989.

Includes: letters from Ken Dodd to the Daily Telegraph, Financial Times, The Times and Press Association requesting information on their pay claims, December 1988; correspondence between Ken Dodd, Jim Markwick and Lovell, White and Durrant concerning legal advice for the Guardian NUJ pay claim, January 1989; report and accounts for the Guardian and Manchester Evening News, 1989; lists of updated staff salaries, May 1989; direct input agreement, nd; draft list of proposed house agreement changes for 1989; annotated summary of the Guardian responses to Lord McCarthy's mediation of differences between the Guardian and NUJ at ACAS, May 1989; memorandums from Peter Preston to Guardian staff announcing the settlement of the NUJ pay claim, June 1989; Reuters journalists' salary survey, October 1989; correspondence between Ken Dodd and Seumas Milne concerning the interpretation of the 1989 agreement, October 1989 and a newspaper cutting concerning an 10% increase in freelance rates at the BBC, November 1989.
Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Editor's Office; Kenneth Dodd

Agreement between the Guardian Newspapers Limited and the National Union of Journalists concerning the introduction, operation and extension of new technology, 1 January 1989.

Also includes: a memorandum outlining the impact of shift changes in the Guardian foreign department, nd; a note on sub-editorial staffing on the Guardian city desk, 20 March 1995 and notes on staffing and hours at national newspapers, including the Independent, Times, Daily Telegraph and Financial Times, nd.
Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Editor's Office; Ian Wright

Correspondence, notes of meetings, chapel bulletins and draft papers relating to negotiations between Guardian Newspapers Limited and National Union of Journalists for the 1995 house agreement.

Includes: correspondence between Ian Wright, Jim Markwick and Brian Williams concerning negotiations to agree a new house agreement, 6 March - 20 June 1995; memorandum concerning sick pay and holiday entitlement, 12 August 1994 and a copy of the Financial Times and NUJ house agreement of 1 October 1994 [sent to the Guardian on 24 March 1995].
Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Editor's Office; Ian Wright

Contains papers relating to the following speeches made by Alan Rusbridger in 2000:

1. The European Media Forum on 'Press, Power and Politics: Europe' sponsored by The Freedom Forum and held at The Financial Times, 22 June 2000. Contains a printed article from www.freedonforum.org quoting from Rusbridger's contributions.
2. Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, Boardroom Black Tie Dinner on regulating the press, 5 October 2000*. Contains draft (typed and handwritten) and printed copies of a speech on media and the law, conference programme and associated correspondence *
3. 'Media and how you regulate it', unknown event or date [c2000]. Typed notes for a speech on media regulation and libel laws. Includes references to Guardian libel cases.
4. 'Do newspapers have a future', [Irish women's, Belfast], July 2000. Typed notes with handwritten annotations for a speech about the future of newspapers in digital future.
   Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Editor's Office; Alan Rusbridger

Typed and handwritten notes written by Hugo Young to record political conversations and informal interviews held with individuals in 1980.

The conversations are with the following people:

Jim Prior, 2 January 1980
Chris Patten, 3 January 1980
Notes on Downing Street reception, 17 January 1980
Bill Rodgers, 18 January 1980
Francis Pym, 22 January 1980

Chris Patten, 'early' February 1980
Barney Hayhoe, 5 February 1980
David Steel, 26 February 1980

Ian Gilmour, 7 March 1980
David Owen, 20 March 1980
Jim Prior, 27 March 1980
David Howell, 28 March 1980

Ian Gilmour, 26 April 1980
'Thoughts on the economy' after lunches with Kenneth Baker and Chris Beauman, 30 April 1980

Roy Hattersley, 7 May 1980*

David Marquand, 3 June 1980
Bill Rodgers, 4 June 1980
Chris Patten, 5 June 1980
David Owen, 6 June 1980
Shirley Williams, 6 June 1980

Jim Prior, 15 July 1980
John Hoskyns, 26 July 1980

Bernard Donoughue, 3 September 1980
Jim Prior, 18 September 1980
Janet Young, 23 September 1980

John Biffen, 8 October 1980
Chris Patten, 8 October 1980
Peter Walker, 17 October 1980

Ian Gilmour, 5 November 1980
Jim Prior, with attached newspaper cutting from The Times about interest rates, 8 November 1980
Typescript of extract from speech by Enoch Powell about inflation, 14 November 1980
John Biffen, 14 November 1980
Francis Pym, with attached newspaper cutting from Financial Times about Geoffrey Howe and the economy, 18 November 1980
'PC' 20 November 1980
David Steel, 25 November 1980

Significant subjects covered in conversation discussions include:

Margaret Thatcher and her leadership of the Conservative party
The economy
Government defence policy
James Callaghan and his leadership of the Labour party
The Liberal party
British Steel workers strike
Europe
Political situation in Iran
Creator: DS/UK/122

Correspondence concerning subscriptions and potential subscriptions to Gemini News Service articles and maps by United Kingdom daily newspapers, 1967-1988, including the Guardian, the Daily Telegraph; the Independent; the Financial Times; the London Daily News and News (UK) Limited.

File of correspondence from the International Press Institute (IPI), created and held by Peter Preston, concerning legal issues affecting journalism and journalists, February 1984 - January 1988.

Correspondents include: Frank Rodgers (Chairman of the IPI British Executive Committee); Peter Preston and Colin Webb (editor, The Press Association Limited).

Subjects covered include: the impact of the Police and Criminal Evidence Bill on journalism, February 1984; the libel system and costs, May - December 1985; Peter Preston's appointment as chairman of the IPI British Executive Board and nomination to the IPI International Board, October 1987 and the award of a knighthood to Frank Rodgers, January 1988.

Also includes a draft questionnaire and covering letter concerning the cost of libel cases and responses from The Guardian, Financial Times, Reuters, LWT, Westminister Press, News Group newspapers (News of the World, The Sun and Sunday), Western Mail, Guardian, The Press Association Ltd, the Observer, Mirror Group Newspapers, Granada Television Limited and The Times, May - December 1985 and Peter Preston's IPI membership card valid until 31 December 1988.
Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Editor's Office; Peter Preston (1938-2018)