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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) 1988 house agreement, December 1987 - December 1988.

Includes: internal memorandums between Ken Dodd, Ian Ashcroft, Peter Yapp, Campbell Page, Seumas Milne, Robert Armstrong and the NUJ concerning discussions over the NUJ pay claim, the reaching of an agreement and dispute over the payment of casual workers, December 1987 - July 1988; written statement to the ACAS arbitrator from the Guardian, April 1988; correspondence with the arbitrator concerning the Guardian's financial position, April 1988; correspondence between Ken Dodd and Seumas Milne concerning Maunday Thursday payments, December 1988 and a list of monthly and weekly paid staff to receive a one off Maunday Thursday payment, December 1988.
Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Editor's Office; Kenneth Dodd

Internal correspondence concerning the staff and management of the Guardian library, including: library duties, 1984; productivity, 1984; reader services, 1985-1986; library newspaper allowances, 1986; the increase in the libraries workload following the launch of 'The Independent', 1986; refusal to mark The Times and Sunday Times newspapers, 1986; pay, 1986; filing equipment, 1986 and proposals for improvements to the library service, 1986.

Principle correspondents include: Ken Dodd; Helen Martin; Peter Yapp; Ian Wright and Mike Pike.

Also contains salary adjustment forms for library staff, 1985 and an editorial cuttings library user guide, nd.
Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Editor's Office; Kenneth Dodd

Interview with Peter Yapp, administration director for the Guardian. Conducted by Leslie Plommer on 29 September 1998. Also includes a data sheet containing biographical details about the subject and information about the recording.

Summary contents of interview (with rough timings):

Disc 1:
Track 1
00.00 Introduction
00.40 Recruitment into newspaper industry
01.07 Continues with talk about interviews with Express, Mirror and Manchester Evening News as a messenger
02.50 Offered messenger position by Norman Liptrott personnel
03.30 Offered publishing room position
04.40 Became union committee official at aged 21
05.37 Duties of a composing room messenger
08.10 Publishing room duties – sending out copies to readership areas

10.18 Dealing mostly with Manchester Evening News, and at times the Guardian
11.45 Creating copy bundles in publishing room
16.05 Undertaking official capacity with National Association of Printers and Assistants Union
17.50 Merge with Evening Chronicle and readership figures
19.25 Change of Manchester Guardian to the Guardian

20.30 Union meetings about the move to London and closure of Evening Chronicle
21.10 Availability of other positions if made redundant in 1960s
22.00 Subsiding of the Guardian through Manchester Evening News
22.30 Negotiating sessions between unions and management
23.40 Peter Yapp invited to join management based in London
28.20 Disagreements between management and labour – differences between Manchester and London
29.30 Bargaining power in 1960s due to increasing circulation figures

30.00 Move from Cross Street to Deans Gate
30.25 Financial difficulties in 1960s leading to negotiation of pay freeze
31.40 Move by Lord Thompson to take over part of the Guardian
32.00 Working with the Scott family and loans given by Charles Scott
34.50 Martin Scott's various positions with the Guardian
37.35 Move from Cross Street to Deans Gate, August 1970

40.25 Manchester Evening News - Munich air disaster death of Tom Jackson
42.10 Tom Henry as editor
43.30 Management relations comparing past to present day
44.20 Presence of Wapping changed union structures
45.40 View of the Guardian as the best office in Fleet Street due to working relations

Records concerning Society of Graphical and Allied Trades (SOGAT) agreements and Guardian editorial assistants pay and terms of employment, January 1983 -1992.

Includes: an anonymous letter concerning relations between copytakers and the chapel, January 1983; letter from Mike Pike concerning union committee representation, nd; a draft copy of the SOGAT supplementary house agreement concerning working conditions, hours and payments, March 1984; correspondence between John Dixey and members of the SOGAT chapel concerning the 1984 house agreement, March 1984; correspondence between Ken Dodd and Peter Yapp concerning library newspaper allowances, staff pay, hours and holiday pay, June 1987 - November 1988; letters from Peter Yapp and Mike Pike concerning staff pay, March 1988; lists of editorial secretary staff salaries and grades, 1990; draft blank contracts of employment, nd, [c1990] and a letter to Ian Wright from the Guardian multi trades chapel concerning the election of chapel officers, 1992.
Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Editor's Office; Kenneth Dodd

Records concerning Society of Graphical and Allied Trades (SOGAT) agreements, union and staff grievances, clerical employment terms and conditions and pay, January 1985 - October 1988.

Includes: lists of SOGAT clerical house rates from 1 January 1985 - 1 January 1988; correspondence between Ken Dodd, Chris Szpak, Peter Yapp, Penny Salter, ER Chard, Peter Preston and Jim Markwick concerning a claim for season ticket loans, the late running of chapel meetings, clerical working hours, changes to job titles, rates of pay, direct input and the 1988 pay review, October 1985 - June 1988; SOGAT claim to re-negotiate the house agreement, 1986; blank contracts of employment, nd, [c1986]; correspondence between Mike Pike and SOGAT members concerning staff performance, October 1986 and lists of editorial secretaries salaries and pay grades, January 1988 - October 1988.
Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Editor's Office; Kenneth Dodd

Signed Guardian Newspapers Limited (GNL) and Society of Graphical and Allied Trades (SOGAT) house agreements for 1984, 1985 and 1986.

Also contains Guardian SOGAT clerical chapel rates for 1988 and 1989 and correspondence between Peter Yapp and Mike Pike concerning company pay offers, March 1989 - July 1989.
Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Editor's Office; Kenneth Dodd