The Wapping Dispute 1986 : "Within two years all national newspapers had adopted the technologies News International introduced and had adapted their working practices accordingly, precipitating an exodus of newpapers from Fleet Street, largely to Docklands. After hundreds of years of ascendancy, Fleet Street was no longer the centre of the UK newspaper industry, no longer able to resist the influence of new technology, changing employment practices and the demands of a more competitive business environment. The Trade Union movement, and the printworkers unions in particular, found themselves in a spiral of decline, increasingly unable to muster a response to the changing industrial landscape. The Labour Party, after years of soul-searching, finally allied itself with Murdoch, and in power showed no appetite for repealing the legislation Margaret Thatcher had introduced to curb union power."