File 1 of 2: Picketing (1959)

1) Pamphlet about the legalities of picketing

2) Handwritten document and typed copy titled ‘Peaceful Picketing by Trade Unions’, detailing the laws of picketing.

3) Letter. Martin Ennals to Ian Dixon of Peace News discussing a police break-up of a picket and future action to prevent it (16 Nov 1959).

4) Letter. Ian Dixon to Martin Ennals discussing police challenges to pickets (14 Nov 1959).

5) Letter. Honorary Secretary of the NCCL to F. W. Waters discussing picketing limits (1 Sep 1959).

6) Handwritten letter. F. W. Waters to the Secretary of NCCL outlining the details of his experience with the police (22 Aug 1959).

7) Newspaper cuttings outlining precedent for limiting pickets and the duties of police at pickets.

8) Letter. Honorary Secretary to Mr Petch responding to plans for an embassy picket (30 Jul 1959).

9) Letter. G. H. Petch for Committee of British Parents to the General Secretary of the NCCL querying the practicalities and legalities of picketing outside the French embassy (25 Jul 1959).

10) Document by Odotte de Pingaudeau, adapted by Ira Morris, entitled ‘Clouds Over the Oases’. It protests French nuclear plans in a populated section of the Sahara.

11) Leaflet by the Committee of British Parents reminding the governments of the world to never test a nuclear weapon.

12) Newspaper cuttings detailing protest at police action at pickets, workers’ strikes, the violence of strikers, the obstruction of police at pickets, and a fasting protest.

13) Letter. Secretary of the Handley Page Strike Committee to the Secretary of the NCCL describing police action during a picket (30 Nov 1953).

14) Handwritten annotation on the back of NCCL Conference proceeding.

15) Letter dated 16th November 1953 from Michael Wing of the pp Lock-Out Committee outlining the case of the Bone Brothers (16 Nov 1953).

16) Two leaflets about the issues Lockout are protesting.

17) Newspaper cutting outlining the fining of an engineer

18) Letter. E. H. Cassin to the Secretary of the NCCL protesting against police action during a picket (28 Oct 1953).

19) Correspondence between Mr J. Reid and the General Secretary discussing documents about picketing and the legalities of picketing (1955).

20) Newspaper cutting discussing the picketing of Winston Churchill in America and Rosenberg’s execution.

21) Receipt of a letter from Elizabeth Allen to the Home Office (15 Jul 1952).

22) Duplicate letters. General Secretary to the Secretary of State for the Home Department urging inquiry into police action for pickets (9 Jul 1952).

23) Newspaper cutting outlining strikes.

24) Duplicate leaflets outlining police action and picket rights (11 Sep 1951).

25) Correspondence between the General Secretary, the Secretary of the National Union of Hosiery Workers, Mr Clarke, and Mr Ellerby, and the Dagenham Trades Council discussing statements and disputes of picketing and police actions.

File 2 of 2: Picketing (1951-1952)

1) Handwritten notes (6 De 1951).

2) Annotated leaflet for a NCCL meeting about the reinstating of Monica Felton (9 Jul).

3) A booklet report from the NCCL providing commentary on a report by the Royal Commission of the Police in May 1962.

4) Correspondence between the General Secretary and Mr Evans of the National Union of Vehicle Builders discussing the rights of pickets in industrial disputes.

5) Miscellaneous handwritten memos and notes.

6) Handwritten letter. John Taylor to the NCCL protesting police action on their picketing site (17 May 1952).

7) Letter. General Secretary to the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police discussing the statement of a police officer (12 May 1952).

8) Press Statement for the NCCL about the deportation of Italian workers employed by the National Coal Board.

9) Letter. E. J. Turner to the General Secretary arranging a protest against the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police (9 Jan 1952).

10) Newspaper cuttings about police intimidation and suppression of pickets.

11) Letter. Assistant Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police to the General Secretary acknowledging responses to previous correspondence (20 Dec 1951).

12) Letter. General Secretary to Miss Sinclair of the Belfast Trades Council discussing a wage withholding case (13 Dec 1951).

13) Letter. G. Clapton to Miss Allen granting legal advice on a wage withholding case (6 Nov 1951).

14) Letter. General Secretary to the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police outlining police action at a picket amid group allegations (28 Nov 1951).

15) Report by Reginald Bridgeman commenting on police action at a picket.

16) Witness statements and a handwritten note of witnesses of incidents occurring on the 27 Nov 1951 outside ENV Engineering Co., outlining police action.

17) Handwritten notes of allegations and remarks made by police.