International Printing and Graphic Communications Union

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International Printing and Graphic Communications Union
AbbreviationIPGCU
Merged into Graphic Communications International Union
Formation1973 (1973)
Dissolved1983 (1983)
Merger of
Type Trade union
Location
    • Canada
    • United States
Presidents
Affiliations

The International Printing and Graphic Communications Union (IPGCU) was a labor union 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. Like both its predecessors, it affiliated to the AFL–CIO. [1]

On formation, the union had 105,000 members, but this figure steadily fell, and by 1981, membership was down to 93,000. [2] [ dubious ] On 25 May 1983, the union merged with the Graphic Arts International Union, to form the Graphic Communications International Union. [1]

Presidents

1973: Alexander Rohan
1974: Sol Fishko [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Inactive Organizations" (PDF). UMD Labor Collections. University of Maryland. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  2. Cornfield, Daniel B. (2013). Workers, Managers, and Technological Change. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN   978-1461318217.
  3. "Sol Fishko Dies at 80; Led a Printers' Union". The New York Times. 10 April 1989. Retrieved 30 April 2022.