Society of Graphical and Allied Trades

Society of Graphical and Allied Trades
Founded 1966
Predecessor National Union of Printing, Bookbinding and Paper Workers
National Society of Operative Printers and Assistants
Date dissolved 1991
Merged into Graphical, Paper and Media Union
Members 205,784 (1980)[1]
Journal SOGAT Journal[1]
Affiliation TUC, Labour
Office location SOGAT House, London Road, Hadleigh, Essex[1]
Country United Kingdom
The SOGAT crest
The former SOGAT House at Oval, London. Photo taken July 2007

The Society of Graphical and Allied Trades (SOGAT) was a British trade union in the printing industry.

History

SOGAT was formed in 1966 by the National Union of Printing, Bookbinding and Paper Workers and the National Society of Operative Printers and Assistants (NATSOPA). The National Union of Printing, Bookbinding and Paper Workers became the Society of Graphical and Allied Trades Division A and NATSOPA became the Society of Graphical and Allied Trades Division 1. The aim was to achieve a complete merger over time, but differences led to in-fighting and in 1970 the two divisions split, Division A retaining the name Society of Graphical and Allied Trades and Division 1 becoming the National Society of Operative Printers, Graphical and Media Personnel (but retaining the NATSOPA acronym).

In 1975, SOGAT officially became the Society of Graphical and Allied Trades 1975 (SOGAT '75) after amalgamation with the Scottish Graphical Association. In 1982, SOGAT '75 and NATSOPA finally amalgamated to become the Society of Graphical and Allied Trades 1982 (SOGAT '82). In 1991, SOGAT '82 merged with the National Graphical Association to form the Graphical, Paper and Media Union, which subsequently merged with Amicus to become that union's Graphical, Paper and Media industrial sector.

General Secretaries

1966: Tom Smith[2]
1970: Vincent Flynn[2]
1975: Bill Keys[2]
1982: Bill Keys and Owen O'Brien
1985: Brenda Dean

Presidents

1966: John McKenzie[2]
1967: Vincent Flynn[2]
1970: Bill Keys[2]
1975: Albert Powell[2]
1983: Brenda Dean[2]
1985: Danny Sergeant[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Eaton, Jack; Gill, Colin (1981). The Trade Union Directory. London: Pluto Press. pp. 157–160. ISBN 0861043502.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Gennard, John; Bain, Peter (1995). A History of the Society of Graphical and Allied Trades. London: Routledge. p. 214.


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