| Level | Item |
| Ref No | OBS/1/2/2/4/1/5/3 |
| Title | House agreement negotiations 1975-1986 |
| Date | 1975-1986 |
| Extent | 4 files |
| Creator Name | The Observer Limited; Managing Director's Office; Roger Harrison |
| Description | Records relating to the negotation of agreements between the Observer chapel of the NUJ and the newspaper's management.
- File1 (1975-1979) contains copies (non-original) of the following agreements for the following years:
Observer Saturday agreement: 1978-9 & 1979-80 (unsigned draft).
Observer Freelance agreement: 1977-78 & also NUJ Freelance agreement for London and Manchester from the NPA (1978)
Observer House agreement: 1975-76 (unsigned draft); 1978-79 (unsigned drafts) & 1979-80 (unsigned drafts).
Also includes correspondence, memos and explanatory notes relating to the agreements and on the following subjects: redundancy (1979); technology change (1978). Also includes: a journalists' earnings questionnaire analysis for London papers (1979) and minutes of an editorial committee meeting on 21 March 1979.
Key correspondents include: KP Obank; Stephen Pidgeon, Donald Trelford, Roger Harrison & representatives of the Observer NUJ chapel.
- File 2 (1979-1982) contains copies (non-original) of the Observer Saturday agreement, Observer Freelance agreement and Observer House agreement for 1979-80; 1980-81 & 1981-2.
Also includes correspondence and memos (1979-1982) relating to the agreements and on the following subjects: the dismissal of the editor of the East African Standard (1982); SOGAT dispute (1982); Inland Revenue issues (tax allowances and contributors' PAYE) (1982); technology changes; analysis of journalists' earnings questionnnaires covering major UK nationals (1980 &1981) and NUJ staff Christmas bonuses in 1980.
Key correspondents include: Stephen Pidgeon, Ron Holmes, Bill Millinship, Donald Trelford & representatives of the Observer NUJ chapel.
- File 3 (1982-1983) Contains copies (non-original) of the Observer Saturday agreement, Observer Freelance agreement and Observer House agreement for 1982-1983.
Also includes [Roger Harrison]'s notes and correspondence from Stepehn Pidgeon, Bill MIllinship & representatives of the Observer NUJ chapel relating to the agreements.
- File 4 (1982-1986 with copy agreements from 1977) Contains copies (non-original) of the following agreements for the following years:
Observer Saturday agreement: 1977-78; 1983-4; 1985-6 & 1986-7.
Observer Freelance agreement: 1977-78; 1983-4 & 1986-7.
Observer House agreement: 1983-4; 1984-5; 1985-86 & 1986-7.
Also includes correspondence relating to the agreements and on the following subjects: the introduction of new technology at the Observer (1983 & 1986); a dispute regarding a group of Saturday sub-editors (1986); the pairing of magazine issues in summer months (1985); an analysis of journalists earnings questionnnaire covering major UK nationals (1984); Press cuttings relating to journalists' pay; the role of the magazine production editor (1982); and a letter from the Inland Revenue relating to freelancers and PAYE.
Key correspondents include: Bill Millinship, Jean Atkinson, Roger Harrison & representatives of the Observer NUJ chapel. |
| Access Status | Open(part) |
| Access Conditions | Restricted in line with the Data Protection Act. |
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