International Printing and Graphic Communications Union

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] 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]

References
  1. "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 1461318211.
  3. "Sol Fishko Dies at 80; Led a Printers' Union". New York Times. 10 April 1989. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
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