The Printing and Paper Union (german: Industriegewerkschaft Druck und Papier, IG DruPa) 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 printing industry workers in West Germany. The union was founded on 29 November 1948, to represent workers in book printing, type founding, planographic printing, gravure printing, image production, bookbinding and paper processing. A few journalists also joined, and in 1951, they were given their own section, the "German Journalists Union". In 1949, the union became a founder member of the International Graphical Federation. By 1988, the union had 150,288 members. The following year, it merged with the Arts Union, to form the

Media Union The Media Union (german: IG Medien – Druck und Papier, Publizistik und Kunst) was a trade union representing German workers in the printing, paper, journalism and arts. The union was founded on 15 April 1989 at a meeting in Hamburg, with the me ...

Presidents

:1949:

Christian Fette Christian Fette (1 February 1895 – 26 October 1971) was a German trade unionist. Born in Bremen, Fette completed an apprenticeship as a book printer. He joined his trade union, and also the Social Democratic Party of Germany. He fought in ...

:1951: Heinrich Hansen :1962: Heinrich Bruns :1968: Werner Schmidt (acting) :1968: Leonhard Mahlein :1983:

Erwin Ferlemann Erwin Ferlemann (16 March 1930 – 24 September 2000) was a German trade unionist. Born in Wuppertal, Ferlemann's father was interned by the Nazi government for several years in the 1930s. Ferlemann attended school during World War II, then c ...

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