National Union of Printing, Bookbinding and Paper Workers

The National Union of Printing, Bookbinding and Paper Workers (NUPBPW) was a British trade union.

History The union was founded in 1921 as the National Union of Printing, Bookbinding, Machine Ruling and Paper Workers when the National Union of Bookbinders and Machine Rulers and the National Union of Printing and Paper Workers merged. The Platen Printing Machine Minders' Society and the London Society of Machine Rulers soon also joined. In 1926, its central London branch broke away, but rejoined in 1931. In 1928, the union dropped "machine ruling" from its name.Arthur Marsh, Victoria Ryan and John B. Smethurst, Historical Directory of Trade Unions In 1937 it was joined by the Amalgamated Society of Paper Makers, and in 1948, by the small Original Society of Papermakers.

By 1960, the union over 160,000 members. Following mergers with several small unions, in 1966 it joined with the National Society of Operative Printers and Assistants to form the Society of Graphical and Allied Trades.

Leadership General Secretaries 1921: Tom NewlandDavid Butler, Twentieth-Century British Political Facts, 1900-2000, p.391 1938: Bill Spackman 1947: Bill MorrisonPeter Bain and John Gennard, A History of the Society of Graphical and Allied Trades, p.214 1961: Tom Smith

General Presidents 1921: George Harraway 1938: E. C. Hooker 1950: Cecil Sharp 1954: John Mackenzie

References

External links Catalogue of the NUPBPW archives, held at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick Catalogue of the Printing Machine Branch/Platen Printing Machine Minders' Society archives, held at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick