Epstein / Prince Andrew / Maxwell

Invisible Man's Bandage said:
He was a very powerful man then :)

I started at my old company in 1977 and it was hard to believe how much power the union (NATSOPA) had there. Anything to do with production such as overtime had to be negotiated with the FOC before anything could happen. If they needed one guy to stay on for half a hour to get an urgent job out the management would engage in talks with the FOC and an agreement was usually reached on the basis that six guys would get two hours at overtime rate.
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Yes then were the good old days. 3 Express buildings Fleet St, Manchester and Glasgow, the Printworks or Kemsley as we knew it and Whalens trucks taking the papers to the station. All in the days before Whapping
 
Keep the Faith said:
Yes then were the good old days. 3 Express buildings Fleet St, Manchester and Glasgow, the Printworks or Kemsley as we knew it and Whalens trucks taking the papers to the station. All in the days before Whapping
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Other than the guys at my old company either doing casual work on weekends or eventually transferring to 'the papers' I've never had any dealings with that part of the print industry. Publication (newspapers and magazines) is on its arse in terms of physical print but the area I sell into, sheetfed cartons, is absolutely booming.

Edit: I tell a lie. After completing my GCEs in 1970 I got a job at Clayton Aniline starting in the September. As a filler, I worked at Colour 061 on New Bailey Street for a few months and that was part of the MEN. I sometimes went over to the MEN site at Cross Street to take photos for publication. Obviously there was no such thing as the Internet then :)
 
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Invisible Man's Bandage said:
He was a very powerful man then :)

I started at my old company in 1977 and it was hard to believe how much power the union (NATSOPA) had there. Anything to do with production such as overtime had to be negotiated with the FOC before anything could happen. If they needed one guy to stay on for half a hour to get an urgent job out the management would engage in talks with the FOC and an agreement was usually reached on the basis that six guys would get two hours at overtime rate.
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FOC is Father of Chapel in the newspaper industry not the other term
 
Aye come on Andy, where's the proof ye don't sweat ehh?
 
Betty's cheque book will make this civil action go away.
Lilibet doesn't want to see Andrew embarrassed, not to mention the general disgrace on the family.

The question is how much will they pay for it to go away. £10 million is at the low end.
 
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