Editing National Graphical Association (section)

==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.<ref name="marsh">Arthur Marsh, Victoria Ryan and John B. Smethurst, ''Historical Directory of Trade Unions''.</ref>

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."<ref>Quoted in 'Report of an Inquiry into Certain Trade Union Recruitment Activities', Cmnd. 7706 (1979) (Leggatt Report), page 16.</ref>

The NGA merged with the [[Society of Graphical and Allied Trades]] in 1991 to form the [[Graphical, Paper and Media Union]].<ref name="marsh" />