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Contains agreements with the a number of trade union regarding staff salaries, hours, working conditions, and holidays.
Includes agreements with the NUJ, TA and NSOP.
Creator: Manchester Guardian and Evening News Limited

Corespondence and other records concerning relations between the Observer and NATSOPA.

The records have been split into three files containing correspondence relating to: staff disputes, union membership, member contributions, negotiations about overtime, wages, flexibility of working week, working hours, maternity, overtime and retirement, as well as NATSOPA membership leaflets. Each file also includes the following:

File 1 (1926-1969), including:

• NATSOPA information booklet (July 1955).
• Tristan Jones' correspondence (1953 - 1966).

File 2 (1969-1974), including:

• Correspondence from NATSOPA stating that the amalgamation of NATSOPA and SOGAT has dissolved (4 February 1972).

File 3 (1975-1985):

• NATSOPA prize-giving invitation (10 June 1971).
• SOGAT annual dinner invitation (16 February 1974).
• Correspondence about NATSOPA strike (September 1982).
• SOGAT Clerical House agreement (31 August 1984).
• Correspondence and memos mainly sent by Jean Atkinson (Personnel Manager) about members of staff and job positions at the Observer (1982-1986).
  Creator: The Observer Limited; Managing Director's Office; Roger Harrison

Miscellaneous letters to and correspondence with LP Scott, from individuals with a surname beginning with, and organisations starting with the letters N, O, P and Q. The bulk of the correspondence dates from the years 1970-73.

They include correspondence with JP Mallalieu, MP and others, on the liquidation of Prior Engineering Co Ltd (1952); with the National Trust, on returning as vice-president of the Manchester centre (1958, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1968), and on attending the Annual General Meeting (1960, 1962); with the Oxford Union Society on contributing to a debate (1967); with Punch magazine on attending a lunch party (1970); with Maclean Patterson, in Baltimore, USA, on the continuing relationship between Le Monde and the Guardian Weekly (1972); with Terence Prittie on the decision to withdraw a Guardian correspondent from Germany (1971); with the National Society of Operative Printers and Assistants on administration of the organisation, and their merger with the National Union of Printing, Bookbinding and Paper Workers to form the new Society of Graphical and Allied Trades (1972); with Bertram Nelson, chairman of the Liverpool Daily Post and Echo Ltd on his appointment (1972); with the town clerk, on the relationship between the Guardian and Manchester City Council, and the publication of articles he finds disagreeable [enclosed], and with Alastair Hetherington on the same (1973); with Bertram Nelson, on arranging a meeting and tour of the Liverpool Daily Post premises, and a memo on Scott's thoughts on the visit (1973) and correspondence with Sir Roy Pinsent on the Westminster Theatre, London (1973).
Creator: Manchester Guardian and Evening News Limited; Chairman's Office; Laurence Prestwich Scott

This file contains records relating to negotiations with the Observer chapels of various trade unions, including:

• Correspondence, notes, minutes and memos of negotiations between The Observer and National Graphical Association (NGA), the National Society of Operative Printers and Media Personnel (NATSOPA), the Electrical, Electronic Telecommunications and Plumbing union (EEPTU) and the Amalgamated union of engineering workers (AUEW) regarding: staffing levels, pagination payments, working hours, sick pay, dispute and grievance procedures, pensions, holiday and overtime.

• Several drafts of working agreements for Trade Unions approval (1974).
  Creator: The Observer Limited; Managing Director's Office; Roger Harrison

Records held, created and maintained by Ken Dodd as executive editor of the Guardian, 1976-1989.

Includes: editorial budgets, 1977-1990; subject files, 1973-1990; contributors files, 1978-1988; trade union files for the National Union of Journalists, 1970-1989, National Society of Operative Printers and Assistants, 1974-1982 and Society of Graphical and Allied Trades (SOGAT), 1983-1989; files concerning his membership of the Newspaper Publishers Association, 1983-1989; files relating to the British Press Awards, 1976-1989 and one file of personal papers, 1976-1989.
Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Editor's Office; Kenneth Dodd

Envlelope titled 'London Office; NUJ Chapel, containing correspondence with and papers from the London National Union of Journalists Chapel and, to a lesser degree, The National Society of Operative Printers & Assistants, on matters as diverse as staff pay increases and disputes, holiday accrual and other fringe benefits such as Christmas parties.
Creator: Manchester Guardian and Evening News Limited; Chairman's Office; Laurence Prestwich Scott

General file regarding Lonrho Ltd.

Contains correspondence, memoranda and reports concerning: industrial action; the transfer of the newspaper; social occasions; a price increase; newspaper production under Rupert Murdoch; possible joint printing venture with The Telegraph; the establishment of an internal audit department; Lonrho Textile Products; staff figures; the mail order magazine; relations with the trade unions; budgets; Dutton-Forshaw Finance; computer systems; unsolds policy; the future of the Observer; an analysis of projected results; Lonrho advertising; staff discounts; Lonrho annual reports; research donations; management structure; fuel oil supplies; holiday working; staff contracts; capital expenditure; the Observer Buying Club; Countdown company; the sale of a house boat; printing outside of London; a book by Gavin Young; Stephen Pidgeon; libel cases; electricians; printing capacity; reporting schedules; staff pay; television and radio coverage; the sale of the Observer to George Outram & Company Limited; maintaining the journalistic standards and political independence of the Observer; trade union leaders; the sale of the Observer to Lonrho from Atlantic Richfield and the response of the trade unions; delivery vehicles; conditions of sale of the newspaper.

Primary correspondents include: Roger Harrison; Terry Robinson; Alan Johnstone; Lonrho Ltd; Tiny Rowland; NATSOPA, trade union; Society of Graphical and Allied Trades (SOGAT); National Union of Journalists (NUJ).
Creator: The Observer Limited; Managing Director's Office; Roger Harrison

Three folders, titled 'Evening Chronicle Project 1960', 'Evening Chronicle Closure- NN Policy Reviews, Notice to Trade Unions, Notice to Staff, 1963-4' and 'Newspaper Economies, 1963-4'. Documents relate to the effectation of a merger, between the Evening Chronicle, and the Manchester Evening News, under the newly formed North News Ltd, and to the decision to discontinue publishing the former.

Folder titled 'Evening Chronicle Project 1960' relates to the merger between the Manchester Evening Chronicle and the Manchester Evening News. It has been divided into three sections. The first section comprises announcements (both internal, and advertised), letters to trade unions, letters to staff, and memoranda to executives on the formation of North News Ltd. The second section contains correspondence with Roy Thomson, chairman of Thomson Newspapers Ltd and others, on reaching an agreement, and on the logistics of effecting a merger. The third section is titled 'notes on negotiating policy and procedure' and contains profit and loss accounts for both the Manchester Evening Chronicle and the Manchester Evening News, as well as notes on meetings held with Kenneth Searle, Roy Thomson, TE Henry and others on reaching and finalising an agreement. Also included is correspondence with both Tatham, Worthington & Co. solicitors, and Cooper Brothers & Co. Accountants, concerning the effecting of a merger. 1959-1960.

Folder titled 'Evening Chronicle Closure - NN (North News) Policy Reviews, Notice to Trade Unions, Notive to Staff 1963-4'comprises a report by Cooper Brothers & Co Ltd on the methods of effecting a merger, administrative and financial considerations, and possible terms of settlement, 7 January 1960; report to the North News Board, 8 weeks subsequent to the merger (nd); various reviews of the Evening Chronicle position leading up to the decision to close; notice to staff, on the intention to close the Evening Chronicle; notice sent to Evening News executives on the decision; an envelope of press cuttings, containing coverage of the closure, July 1963; copies of letters sent to staff, informing them whether or not they have been made redundant by the closure; documents relating to the Evening Chronicle reduncancy scheme, and correspondence with both the staff affected, and the trade unions that represent them. These include the National Society of Operative Printers and Assistants and the National Union of Journalists. 1960-1965.

Folder titled 'Newspaper Economies 1963-64' containing general correspondence on 'How to make a Paper Pay' and 'Can Competition Survive in the Newspaper Industry?' Correspondents include WB Reddaway, director of the Department of Applied Economics, University of Cambridge, and members of the Typographical Association. September 1963.
Creator: Manchester Guardian and Evening News Limited; Chairman's Office; Laurence Prestwich Scott

Records concerning Observer relations with NATSOPA.

During the period in which these papers were produced, NATSOPA was at different times part of, separate from and associated with the Society of Graphical and Allied Trades (SOGAT), and this is reflected in the records.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Managing Director's Office; Roger Harrison

Files of correspondence, notes, draft and final copy agreements and lists of staff salaries, created and maintained by the office of Ken Dodd, concerning National Society of Operative Printers and Assistants (NATSOPA) agreements, individual staff issues and disputes, 1974-1982.

In 1982, NATSOPA merged with the Society of Graphical and Allied Trades (SOGAT) to form SOGAT 82.
Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Editor's Office; Kenneth Dodd