The National Graphical Association ( NGA ) was a trade union representing typographers and related workers in the United Kingdom.
5-822: The union 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 National Society of Electrotypers and Stereotypers , National Union of Press Telegraphists , Association of Correctors of the Press , Amalgamated Society of Lithographic Printers . Society of Lithographic Artists, Designers and Engravers (SLADE) and National Union of Wallcoverings and Allied Trades . By 1982 it had
10-552: A fifteen-mile radius of central London, the rival London Society of Compositors having rights to organise in the city. By 1946, membership had reached 13,958. In 1964, the Association merged with the London Typographical Society to create the National Graphical Association . The union sponsored Labour Party candidates in several Parliamentary elections, many of whom won election. In both
15-748: A membership of 136,300. In 1978 the General Secretary Joe Wade asserted in a letter to the Sunday Times that "recruitment through secondary boycott has been a legitimate trade union tactic for many years." The NGA merged with the Society of Graphical and Allied Trades in 1991 to form the Graphical, Paper and Media Union . The union sponsored several Parliamentary candidates, many of whom won election. Typographical Association The Typographical Association ( TA )
20-598: The end of 1849 to 5,300 in 1877. In that year, it merged with a related relief association and dropped "Provincial" from its title. Based in Manchester , the union focussed on demanding members serve a seven-year apprenticeship . In 1894, it began admitting women. In the 1910s, the Association established a branch in London, but the Trades Union Congress instituted arbitration which restricted it from
25-667: Was a trade union representing typographers in the United Kingdom and Ireland . 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 Typographical Union and to focus on paying benefits to members on strike . The union grew gradually from 481 members at
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