GCHQ Day, November 1988
1988 1960-2000 "GCHQ Day, November 1988" [T0604.jpg], 1988 In January 1984, civil service staff working at the Government Communications Headquarters in Cheltenham were banned from holding trade union membership. The International Labour Organisation condemned the ban but, after a long leg...
| Institution: | TUC - Trade Union Congress Library |
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| Language: | English |
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1988
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10796/BD513E09-74CE-41B6-94A0-43B250C9246C http://hdl.handle.net/10796/A0C617BB-B91F-48B7-A4F0-BC8708B78434 |
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| description | 1988
1960-2000
"GCHQ Day, November 1988" [T0604.jpg], 1988
In January 1984, civil service staff working at the Government Communications Headquarters in Cheltenham were banned from holding trade union membership. The International Labour Organisation condemned the ban but, after a long legal battle, the House of Lords decided for the Government and the first sackings of trade union members started in November 1988. This poster was issued by the TUC and the Council of Civil Service Unions to publicise the GCHQ Day organised on 7 November, 1988.
Following the May 1997 General Election, the new Labour Government lifted the ban on trade union membership at GCHQ and, in September, the first of the sacked trade unionists returned to work. In January 1999, the Government recognised the injustice of their treatment and agreed to pay the workers compensation for their unfair dismissal. |
| geographic | Cheltenham; Gloucestershire; England |
| id | 7000147_8d85f79a17244de996200fa27a2cff25 |
| institution | TUC - Trade Union Congress Library |
| is_hierarchy_title | GCHQ Day, November 1988 |
| language | English |
| physical | Poster TEXT |
| publishDate | 1988 |
| spellingShingle | Trade Union Congress, UK GCHQ Day, November 1988 |
| title | GCHQ Day, November 1988 |
| topic | Trade Union Congress, UK |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10796/BD513E09-74CE-41B6-94A0-43B250C9246C http://hdl.handle.net/10796/A0C617BB-B91F-48B7-A4F0-BC8708B78434 |