The National Union of Printing, Bookbinding and Paper Workers (NUPBPW) was a British

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History

The union was founded in 1921 as the National Union of Printing, Bookbinding, Machine Ruling and Paper Workers when the National Union of Bookbinders and Machine Rulers and the National Union of Printing and Paper Workers merged. The Platen Printing Machine Minders' Society and the London Society of Machine Rulers soon also joined. In 1926, its central

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branch broke away, but rejoined in 1931. In 1928, the union dropped "machine ruling" from its name.Arthur Marsh, Victoria Ryan and John B. Smethurst, ''Historical Directory of Trade Unions'' In 1937 it was joined by the Amalgamated Society of Paper Makers, and in 1948, by the small Original Society of Papermakers. By 1960, the union over 160,000 members. Following mergers with several small unions, in 1966 it joined with the National Society of Operative Printers and Assistants to form the

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Leadership

General Secretaries

:1921: Tom NewlandDavid Butler, ''Twentieth-Century British Political Facts, 1900-2000'', p.391 :1938: Bill Spackman :1947: Bill MorrisonPeter Bain and John Gennard, ''A History of the Society of Graphical and Allied Trades'', p.214 :1961: Tom Smith

General Presidents

:1921: George Harraway :1938: E. C. Hooker :1950: Cecil Sharp :1954: John Mackenzie

References

External links

Catalogue of the NUPBPW archives
held at the

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Catalogue of the Printing Machine Branch/Platen Printing Machine Minders' Society archives
held at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick 1921 establishments in the United Kingdom 1966 disestablishments in the United Kingdom Defunct trade unions of the United Kingdom Bookbinders' trade unions Trade unions established in 1921 Trade unions disestablished in 1966 Trade unions based in London {{UK-trade-union-stub