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01 December 1996

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The Tottenham Picket Issue 3 (December) 1995. This is the bulletin of the "JJ Fast Foods Locked Out Workers Support Group", which is supporting the reinstatement of workers sacked from the fast food firm after joining a trade union. The sacked workers are also demanding trade union rights contracts and holiday and sick pay. Available from 72 West Green Road Tottenham N15 5NS.

Bill of Rights Liberty December 1995 1.50 16 pages. Call for the European Convention of Human Rights and the UN Covenant on Civil and Political Rights to be incorporated into UK law.

Identity cards: a consultation document (CM2879): response of the Data Protection Registrar 40 pages January 1996. The Registrar concludes that: "the benefits identified do not appear to outweigh the privacy and data protection costs". The Data Protection Authority conducted a survey which showed: 54% against the introduction of an ID card 46% in favour; of the total surveyed 38% were in favour of a compulsory ID card or Smart card.

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