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 the London Typographical Society. It was joined by a large number of small craft print unions including the National Society of Electrotypers and Stereotypers, National Union of Press Telegraphists, Association of Correctors of the Press, Amalgamated Society of Lithographic Printers. Society of Lithographic Artists, Designers and Engravers (SLADE) and National Union of Wallcoverings and Allied Trades. By 1982 it had a membership of 136,300. In 1978 the General Secretary Joe Wade asserted in a letter to the Sunday Times that "recruitment through secondary boycott has been a legitimate trade union tactic for many years." The NGA merged with the Society of Graphical and Allied Trades in 1991 to form the Graphical, Paper and Media Union. Election results The union sponsored several Parliamentary candidates, many of whom won election. Leadership General Secretaries 1964: Robert Willis and John Bonfield 1969: John Bonfield 1976: Joe Wade 1982: John Jackson and Joe Wade 1984: Tony Dubbins General Presidents 1964: Fred Simmons 1974: Les Dixon 1982: Bryn Griffiths References External links Catalogue of the NGA archives, held at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick Trade unions established in 1964 Trade unions disestablished in 1991 Defunct trade unions of the United Kingdom 1964 establishments in the United Kingdom Printing trade unions Trade unions based in Bedfordshire