The National Union of Press Telegraphists (NUPT) was a

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representing newspaper and news agency staff involved in communications. The union was founded in 1909, and by 1911 had only 142 members. In 1923, it affiliated to the

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, and it grew steadily, reaching 444 members that year, and 1,500 members by the mid-1960s.Arthur Marsh and John B. Smethurst, ''Historical Directory of Trade Unions'', vol.5, p.56 From 1924, it published a journal, ''The Press Telegraphist''.{{cite web , title=National Union of Press Telegraphists , url=https://warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/explorefurther/subject_guides/family_history/print/nupt/ , website=Modern Records Centre , publisher=University of Warwick , accessdate=13 February 2020 In 1964, the

Typographical Association The Typographical Association (TA) was a trade union representing typographers in the United Kingdom and Ireland. History The National Typographical Association collapsed in 1848, and delegates from across Yorkshire and Lancashire met at Angel ...

and the

London Typographical Society The London Society of Compositors was a British trade union, representing print workers in London. History The union was founded as the London Union of Compositors in 1834 by the merger of the London Trade Society of Compositors and the Londo ...

merged to form the

National Graphical Association The National Graphical Association (NGA) was a trade union representing typographers 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 ...

(NGA). The NUPT supported this consolidation, so in June 1965, it also merged into the NGA.

General Secretaries

:G. W. Pryke :S. Cox :1920s: T. H. Andrewartha :1936: Vernon Allen :1951: M. A. Clayton

References

Defunct trade unions of the United Kingdom Trade unions established in 1911 Trade unions disestablished in 1965 Trade unions based in London