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

Typographical Association

The Typographical Association was a British trade union.The National Typographical Association collapsed in 1848, and delegates from across Yorkshire and Lancashire met at Angel Street in Sheffield to found the Provincial Typographical Association, intended to recreate the former Northern...

 and the London Typographical Society

London Typographical Society

The London Typographical Society was a British trade union.The union was founded as the London Union of Compositors in 1834 by the merger of the London Trade Society of Compositors and the London General Trade Society of Compositors. The following year, it was joined by the News Society of...

. 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 Lithographic Printers; Society of Lithographic Artists, Designers and Engravers and the National Union of Wallcoverings and Allied Trades Union. By 1982 it had a membership of 136,300.

The NGA merged with the Society of Graphical and Allied Trades

Society of Graphical and Allied Trades

The Society of Graphical and Allied Trades was a British trade union in the printing industry.SOGAT was formed in 1966 by the National Union of Printing, Bookbinding and Paper Workers and the National Society of Operative Printers and Assistants...

 in 1990 to form the Graphical, Paper and Media Union

Graphical, Paper and Media Union

The Graphical, Paper and Media Union was a trade union in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland between 1992 and 2005. Having been formed from the merger of SOGAT and the National Graphical Association, it claimed to be the world's largest media union, and had over 200,000 members working...

.

General Secretaries

• 1964 - 69: Robert Willis and John Bonfield
• 1969 - 76: John Bonfield
• 1976 - 84: Joe Wade
• 1984 - 90: Tony Dubbins
  Tony Dubbins
  Tony Dubbins was a prominent British trade unionist until his retirement from Unite in 2008.He first became a full-time union official in the National Graphical Association and became general secretary in 1984, leading the union through the Wapping dispute....
  
  

External links

• The Graphical, Paper and Media Union