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National Graphical Association

1964–1991 trade union in the UK

Summary

1964–1991 trade union in the UK

Field	Value
name	National Graphical Association
location_country	United Kingdom
affiliation	TUC, P&KTF, Labour Party
members	136,300 (1982)
image	NGA82 logo.jpg
founded	1964
dissolved	1991
merged	Graphical, Paper and Media Union
headquarters	Graphic House, Bromham Road, Bedford
publication	Print
key_people	Robert Willis, Tony Dubbins

The National Graphical Association (NGA) was a trade union representing typographers and related workers in the United Kingdom.

History

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 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.

Election results

The union sponsored several Parliamentary candidates, many of whom won election.

Election	Constituency	Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Position
1964 general election	Bristol South		26,569	63.5	1
1966 general election	Billericay		40,013	46.5	1
Bristol South		26,552	67.1	1
1970 general election	Billericay		43,765	47.8	2
Feb 1974 general election	Basildon		33,499	45.2	1
Oct 1974 general election	Basildon		32,298	47.9	1
1979 general election	Basildon		32,739	40.5	2
1983 general election	Colchester North		10,397	18.4	last1=Gennard	first1=John	title=A History of the National Graphical Association	date=1990	publisher=Unwin Hyman	isbn=0044458118}}
1987 general election	Clackmannan		20,317	53.7	1

Leadership

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

(1981). "The Trade Union Directory". Pluto Press.
Arthur Marsh, Victoria Ryan and John B. Smethurst, ''Historical Directory of Trade Unions''.
Quoted in 'Report of an Inquiry into Certain Trade Union Recruitment Activities', Cmnd. 7706 (1979) (Leggatt Report), page 16.
(1990). "A History of the National Graphical Association". Unwin Hyman.

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