National Graphical Association

National Graphical Association
Founded 1964
Date dissolved 1991
Merged into Graphical, Paper and Media Union
Members 136,300 (1982)
Journal Print[1]
Affiliation TUC, P&KTF, Labour Party
Key people Robert Willis, Tony Dubbins
Office location Graphic House, Bromham Road, Bedford[1]
Country United Kingdom

The National Graphical Association (NGA) was a British trade union. It was formed in 1964 by the merger of two long-term rival unions, the Typographical Association and the London Typographical Society. It was joined by a large number of small craft print unions including the Society of Electrotypers and Stereotypers; Press Telegraphists; The Association of Correctors Of The Press; Amalgamated Society of Lithographic Printers; Society of Lithographic Artists, Designers and Engravers (SLADE) and the National Union of Wallcoverings and Allied Trades. By 1982 it had a membership of 136,300.

The NGA merged with the Society of Graphical and Allied Trades in 1991 to form the Graphical, Paper and Media Union.

Recruitment activities

In 1978 the General Secretary Joe Wade (see below) asserted in a letter to the Sunday Times that "recruitment through secondary boycott has been a legitimate trade union tactic for many years."[2]

General Secretaries

1964 : Robert Willis and John Bonfield
1969: John Bonfield
1976: Joe Wade
1982: John Jackson and Joe Wade
1984: Tony Dubbins

General Presidents

1964: Fred Simmons
1974: Les Dixon
1982: Bryn Griffiths

References

  • Arthur Marsh, Victoria Ryan and John B. Smethurst, Historical Directory of Trade Unions
Notes
  1. 1 2 Eaton, Jack; Gill, Colin (1981). The Trade Union Directory. London: Pluto Press. pp. 160–164. ISBN 0861043502.
  2. ↑ Quoted in 'Report of an Inquiry into Certain Trade Union Recruitment Activities', Cmnd. 7706 (1979) (Leggatt Report), page 16.
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