Wapping dispute
E409996
The Wapping dispute was a major mid-1980s industrial conflict in the UK between Rupert Murdoch’s News International and print unions over the move to new technology and production facilities in London’s Docklands.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Wapping dispute canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Wapping dispute Context triple: [News International, notableEvent, Wapping dispute]
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Ludlow strike
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Battle of Cable Street
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Spitalfields Riots
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Salt Riot
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Wapping dispute Target entity description: The Wapping dispute was a major mid-1980s industrial conflict in the UK between Rupert Murdoch’s News International and print unions over the move to new technology and production facilities in London’s Docklands.
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A.
Ludlow strike
The Ludlow strike was a major 1913–1914 coal miners’ labor conflict in Colorado, marked by violent clashes between striking workers and company-hired forces, that became a pivotal event in U.S. labor history.
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B.
The Battle of Orgreave
The Battle of Orgreave is a 2001 large-scale reenactment artwork by Jeremy Deller that restages a violent 1984 clash between British miners and police, exploring memory, class conflict, and political history.
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C.
Battle of Cable Street
The Battle of Cable Street was a 1936 anti-fascist demonstration in London’s East End where tens of thousands of local residents successfully blocked a planned march by Oswald Mosley’s British Union of Fascists.
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D.
Spitalfields Riots
The Spitalfields Riots were late-18th-century disturbances in London’s Spitalfields district, driven largely by silk weavers protesting wage cuts and industrial changes that threatened their livelihoods.
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E.
Salt Riot
The Salt Riot was a major 1648 uprising in Moscow sparked by unpopular salt taxes and broader discontent with corruption and hardship during the early reign of Tsar Alexis of Russia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
industrial dispute
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labour conflict ⓘ |
| affectedPublication |
News of the World
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The Sun ⓘ The Sunday Times ⓘ The Times ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Battle of Wapping ⓘ |
| cause |
attempt to break traditional print union practices
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introduction of new printing technology ⓘ relocation of production facilities to Wapping ⓘ |
| characterizedAs | major turning point in UK industrial relations ⓘ |
| conflictBetween |
News International
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print unions ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| decade | 1980s ⓘ |
| employerAction |
dismissal of striking print workers
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use of new non-union workforce ⓘ |
| employerParentCompany | News Corporation ⓘ |
| employerSide | News International ⓘ |
| endTime | 1987 ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
contributed to decline of closed shop practices in British printing industry
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marked shift towards flexible, technology-driven newspaper production in the UK ⓘ |
| industry | newspaper publishing ⓘ |
| keyFigure | Rupert Murdoch ⓘ |
| location |
London Docklands
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Wapping ⓘ |
| mainOpponent | Rupert Murdoch ⓘ |
| partOf | Thatcher-era industrial conflicts in the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| policeInvolvement |
Metropolitan Police Service
ⓘ
surface form:
Metropolitan Police
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| relatedTo |
Margaret Thatcher
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trade union reform in the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| result |
closure of Fleet Street print operations for News International titles
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defeat of print unions at News International ⓘ weakening of print unions in the UK ⓘ widespread adoption of new printing technology in UK newspapers ⓘ |
| sector | print industry ⓘ |
| startTime | 1986 ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
books on British labour history
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documentaries about UK industrial relations ⓘ |
| unionAction |
picketing of Wapping plant
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strike action ⓘ |
| unionSide |
National Graphical Association
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Society of Graphical and Allied Trades ⓘ |
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Subject: Wapping dispute Description of subject: The Wapping dispute was a major mid-1980s industrial conflict in the UK between Rupert Murdoch’s News International and print unions over the move to new technology and production facilities in London’s Docklands.
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