The International Printing and Graphic Communications Union (IPGCU) was a

labor 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 printing workers in the United States and Canada. The union was established on 1 October 1973, when the International Printing Pressmen and Assistants' Union of North America merged with the

International Stereotypers' and Electrotypers' Union The International Stereotypers' and Electrotypers' Union (ISEU) was a labor union representing workers in two related trades in the United States and Canada. The union was founded in August 1902, as a split from the International Typographical Unio ...

. Like both its predecessors, it affiliated to the

AFL–CIO The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL–CIO) is the largest federation of unions in the United States. It is made up of 56 national and international unions, together representing more than 12 million ac ...

. On formation, the union had 105,000 members, but this figure steadily fell, and by 1981, membership was down to 93,000. On 25 May 1983, the union merged with the

Graphic Arts International Union The Graphic Arts International Union (GAIU) was a labor union representing printing workers in the United States and Canada. The union was founded on September 4, 1972, when the International Brotherhood of Bookbinders merged with the Lithographe ...

, to form the

Graphic Communications International Union The Graphic Communications International Union (GCIU) was a labor union representing printing workers in the United States and Canada. The union was founded on May 25, 1983, when the Graphic Arts International Union merged with the International Pr ...

Presidents

:1973:

Alexander Rohan Alexander John Rohan (February 2, 1911 – December 30, 1985) was an American labor union leader. Born in Haverstraw, New York, Rohan was educated in Yonkers, New York, and in 1932 began work at Turner Press, a commercial printing plant. That ...

:1974: Sol Fishko{{cite news , title=Sol Fishko Dies at 80; Led a Printers' Union , url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/04/10/obituaries/sol-fishko-dies-at-80-led-a-printers-union.html , access-date=30 April 2022 , work=New York Times , date=10 April 1989

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Trade unions established in 1973 Trade unions disestablished in 1983 Printing trade unions