Papers and correspondence on proposed reforms to industrial relations legislation, including: correspondence with Eric Hammond, General Secretary of the Electrical Electronic Telecommunication and Plumbing Union (EEPTU) over remarks by John Prescott, employment spokesman about his opposition to pre-strike ballots; letter from NK to Ron Todd [General Secretary of the Transport and General Workers' Union, TGWU] on the proposed reforms; TUC papers and statements on the reforms; briefing for a TUC Liaison Committee meeting on the Policy Review People at Work group; comments from Prescott and Alexander Irvine on the reforms; correspondence with Brenda Dean, General Secretary of the Society of Graphical and Allied Trades (SOGAT), papers and notes from a meeting with the National Graphical Association (NGA), SOGAT and the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) on the dispute between [Keith] Rupert Murdoch [Director of News International] and the print unions over his newspaper plant at Wapping [London]. |