GABRIEL COMMUNICATIONS LTD

Early day motion 1631, tabled 29 July 1998 by Paul Goggins (Labour). Signed by 23 members.

That this House notes with grave concern the decision of Manchester-based Gabriel Communications Ltd., which publishes The Universe and The Catholic Times, to axe 14 jobs, forcing 30 existing staff to apply for 16 new posts; affirms the view expressed by the Catholic Bishops of England and Wales in the document The Common Good that all workers have a right to trade union recognition; condemns the company's refusal to recognise the NUJ chapel; and calls on Gabriel Communications Ltd. to lift the threat to jobs immediately and consult meaningfully with the workforce to avoid the redundancies.

Signatures by party: Labour 22, Labour/Co-operative 1.