The Graphics Federation ( da, Grafisk Forbund, GF) 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 workers in the graphics and printing industries in

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. For many years, the three main printing industry unions in Denmark, 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 ...

Danish Lithographers' Union The Danish Lithographers' Union ( da, Dansk Litografisk Forbund) was a trade union representing printers in Denmark. The union was founded on 13 July 1895, as the Lithographers' Trade Association, by groups in Aarhus, Copenhagen and Odense. It wa ...

and

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 ...

, collaborated through a joint "Graphics Cartel" in 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 ...

(LO). In 1980, the three nearly agreed a merger, but the Lithographers withdrew and both the merger and the cartel collapsed. In 1990, a new Graphics and Media Cartel in LO was established by the three printing unions, and the Media Association, which represented photographers. This quickly achieved negotiating agreements with the Graphic Employers' Association and the Danish Newspapers' Union Negotiating Organisation. This success led, at the start of 1993, to the merger of the four unions into the new "Graphics Federation". As of 1997, the union had 22,987 members,{{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=179 but this fell rapidly as the union struggled to adapt to technological changes in the industry. The union dissolved at the end of 1999, with the bulk of the membership - the bookbinders, lithographers and typographers - transferring to the Union of Commercial and Clerical Employees in Denmark. The stationery workers instead transferred to the

Danish General Workers' Union The Danish General Workers' Union ( da, Specialarbejderforbundet i Danmark, SID) was a general union representing mostly unskilled and semi-skilled workers, in Denmark. History The union was founded in 1897 as the Danish Workers' Union (DA), becom ...

, while the photographers moved to the Danish Union of Journalists.

Presidents

:1980: Tom Durbing

References

Printing trade unions Trade unions in Denmark Trade unions established in 1993 Trade unions disestablished in 1999