{"id":4448,"date":"2012-06-29T10:22:34","date_gmt":"2012-06-29T10:22:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/?p=4448"},"modified":"2012-06-29T10:22:34","modified_gmt":"2012-06-29T10:22:34","slug":"shrewsbury-24-e-petition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/2012\/06\/shrewsbury-24-e-petition\/","title":{"rendered":"Shrewsbury 24 e-Petition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Full disclosure of all Government documents relating to the 1972 building workers strike and the conspiracy trials at Shrewsbury<\/p>\n<p>Responsible department: Ministry of Justice<\/p>\n<p>In 1972, building workers held their first ever national strike for decent pay and health &amp; safety at work. Five months after the strike ended, 24 trade union members were charged with offences allegedly arising from picketing in Shrewsbury in September 1972. They included individuals who were convicted of conspiracy and sentenced to imprisonment. Government files relating to the strike have been withheld from the National Archives even though more than 30 years have passed.<\/p>\n<p>We call upon the Government to release all Cabinet minutes, documents, discussion papers, civil service notes, reports and telephone records produced from 1972 to 1976 by Government departments, agencies and prosecuting authorities relating to the strike, the building workers&#8217; unions, the arrested pickets, the prosecutions at Mold and Shrewsbury and the subsequent appeals, as well as any other material pertaining to the case that fall outside the above time period.<\/p>\n<p>Please sign and pass it on at: <a title=\"https:\/\/submissions.epetitions.direct.gov.uk\/petitions\/35394\" href=\"https:\/\/submissions.epetitions.direct.gov.uk\/petitions\/35394\">https:\/\/submissions.epetitions.direct.gov.uk\/petitions\/35394<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Full disclosure of all Government documents relating to the 1972 building workers strike and the conspiracy trials at Shrewsbury Responsible department: Ministry of Justice In 1972, building workers held their first ever national strike for decent pay and health &amp; safety at work. 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