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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

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