The Danish Lithographers' Union ( da, Dansk Litografisk Forbund) was a

trade union A trade union (labor union in American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers intent on "maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment", ch. I such as attaining better wages and benefits ( ...

representing printers in Denmark. The union was founded on 13 July 1895, as the Lithographers' Trade Association, by groups in

Aarhus Aarhus (, , ; officially spelled Århus from 1948 until 1 January 2011) is the second-largest city in Denmark and the seat of Aarhus Municipality. It is located on the eastern shore of Jutland in the Kattegat sea and approximately northwest ...

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...

and

Odense Odense ( , , ) is the third largest city in Denmark (behind Copenhagen and Aarhus) and the largest city on the island of Funen. As of 1 January 2022, the city proper had a population of 180,863 while Odense Municipality had a population of 20 ...

. It was registered at the start of 1896, and by the end of the year, also had branches in

Horten is a town and municipality in Vestfold in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway—located along the Oslofjord. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Horten. The municipality also includes the town of Åsgårdstrand an ...

and

Aalborg Aalborg (, , ) is Denmark's fourth largest town (behind Copenhagen, Aarhus, and Odense) with a population of 119,862 (1 July 2022) in the town proper and an urban population of 143,598 (1 July 2022). As of 1 July 2022, the Municipality of Aalb ...

. That year, it also launched a union journal, and began negotiations which led to an agreed minimum wage and agreed conditions of employment.International Federation of Lithographers, Printers and Kindred Trades (1936), ''Bulletin'', pp.19-20 The union joined the Lithographers' International in 1897, and the

Danish Confederation of Trade Unions LO, The Danish Confederation of Trade Unions (Danish: ''LO, Landsorganisationen i Danmark'' or simply ''LO'') was founded in 1898 and was an umbrella organisation (the largest of the three national trade union centers in Denmark) for 18 Danish tra ...

in 1898. In 1903, the union established a section for process workers, followed in 1910 by one for stone and plate preparers. In 1962, the union formed the Graphic Workers' Cartel with the

Danish Bookbinders' and Stationers' Union The Danish Bookbinders' and Stationers' Union ( da, Dansk Bogbinder og Kartonnagearbejder Forbund) was a trade union representing bookbinders and workers involved in making stationery in Denmark. The union was founded in 1895 and it soon affiliated ...

, and the

Danish Typographical Union The Danish Typographical Union ( da, Dansk Typograf-Forbund) was a trade union representing typographers in Denmark. The Typographical Association was founded in 1869, focusing its attention on discussions on the development of the trade, and esta ...

. However, this loose federation made no progress, and in 1965, the typographers resigned from the LO and the cartel. They rejoined LO in 1971, forming a new Graphics Cartel in 1972, but again this ran into disputes, and was dissolved in 1980. Finally, in 1990, the bookbinders, lithographers, typographers and the Media Federation formed a Graphic Industry and Media Cartel. In 1993, the four unions merged, to form the new Graphics Federation.{{cite book , last1=Ebbinghaus , first1=Bernhard , last2=Visser , first2=Jelle , title=Trade Unions in Western Europe Since 1945 , date=2000 , publisher=Palgrave Macmillan , location=Basingstoke , isbn=0333771125 , page=178

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Lithographers' trade unions Trade unions in Denmark Trade unions established in 1895 Trade unions disestablished in 1993