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{{Short description|1964β1991 trade union in the UK}} {{Infobox union | name = National Graphical Association | location_country= [[United Kingdom]] | affiliation = [[Trades Union Congress|TUC]], [[Printing and Kindred Trades Federation|P&KTF]], [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] | members = 136,300 (1982) | full_name = | image = NGA82 logo.jpg | founded = 1964 | dissolved = 1991 | merged = [[Graphical, Paper and Media Union]] | headquarters = Graphic House, Bromham Road, [[Bedford]]<ref name="eaton">{{cite book|last1=Eaton|first1=Jack|last2=Gill|first2=Colin|title=The Trade Union Directory|date=1981|publisher=Pluto Press|location=London|isbn=0861043502|pages=160β164}}</ref> | publication = ''Print''<ref name="eaton" /> | key_people = [[Robert Willis (trade unionist)|Robert Willis]], [[Tony Dubbins]] | footnotes = }} The '''National Graphical Association''' ('''NGA''') was a trade union representing [[typographer]]s 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.<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" /> ==Election results== The union sponsored several Parliamentary candidates, many of whom won election. {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Election !! Constituency !! Candidate !! Votes !! Percentage !! Position |- | [[1964 United Kingdom general election|1964 general election]] || [[Bristol South (UK Parliament constituency)|Bristol South]] || {{sortname|William|Wilkins|William Wilkins (British politician)}} || 26,569 || 63.5 || 1 |- | rowspan=2 | [[1966 United Kingdom general election|1966 general election]] || [[Billericay (UK Parliament constituency)|Billericay]] || {{sortname|Eric|Moonman}} || 40,013 || 46.5 || 1 |- | [[Bristol South (UK Parliament constituency)|Bristol South]] || {{sortname|William|Wilkins|William Wilkins (British politician)}} || 26,552 || 67.1 || 1 |- | [[1970 United Kingdom general election|1970 general election]] || [[Billericay (UK Parliament constituency)|Billericay]] || {{sortname|Eric|Moonman}} || 43,765 || 47.8 || 2 |- | [[February 1974 United Kingdom general election|Feb 1974 general election]] || [[Basildon (UK Parliament constituency)|Basildon]] || {{sortname|Eric|Moonman}} || 33,499 || 45.2 || 1 |- | [[October 1974 United Kingdom general election|Oct 1974 general election]] || [[Basildon (UK Parliament constituency)|Basildon]] || {{sortname|Eric|Moonman}} || 32,298 || 47.9 || 1 |- | [[1979 United Kingdom general election|1979 general election]] || [[Basildon (UK Parliament constituency)|Basildon]] || {{sortname|Eric|Moonman}} || 32,739 || 40.5 || 2 |- | [[1983 United Kingdom general election|1983 general election]] || [[Colchester North (UK Parliament constituency)|Colchester North]] || {{sortname|Ray|Allen|nolink=1}} || 10,397 || 18.4 || 3<ref name="gennard">{{cite book |last1=Gennard |first1=John |title=A History of the National Graphical Association |date=1990 |publisher=Unwin Hyman |isbn=0044458118}}</ref> |- | [[1987 United Kingdom general election|1987 general election]] || [[Clackmannan (UK Parliament constituency)|Clackmannan]] || {{sortname|Martin|O'Neill|Martin O'Neill, Baron O'Neill of Clackmannan}} || 20,317 || 53.7 || 1 |}<!---1 other in 1987, not elected !---> ==Leadership== ===General Secretaries=== :1964: [[Robert Willis (trade unionist)|Robert Willis]] and [[John Bonfield]] :1969: [[John Bonfield]] :1976: [[Joe Wade (trade unionist)|Joe Wade]] :1982: [[John Jackson (trade unionist)|John Jackson]] and [[Joe Wade (trade unionist)|Joe Wade]] :1984: [[Tony Dubbins]] ===General Presidents=== :1964: Fred Simmons :1974: Les Dixon :1982: Bryn Griffiths ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *[https://mrc.epexio.com/records/NGA Catalogue of the NGA archives], held at the [[Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick]] {{Portal|Organized labour}} [[Category:National Graphical Association| ]] [[Category:Trade unions established in 1964]] [[Category:Trade unions disestablished in 1991]] [[Category:Defunct trade unions of the United Kingdom]] [[Category:1964 establishments in the United Kingdom]] [[Category:Printing trade unions]] [[Category:Trade unions based in Bedfordshire]]
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