Scottish Typographical Association was a labour union representing typesetters in Scotland. It was founded in 1853. In 1974, it merged with the Society of Graphical and Allied Trades (SOGAT). ,
The formation of the union was organised by the Glasgow Typographical Society, although it incorporated local societies in other Scottish burghs. Membership gradually rose, reaching 4,700 in 1910. The union was a founding member of the Printing and Kindred Trades Federation and, following a demarcation decision of the federation in 1928, it organised only assistants in case and machine rooms in Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow, but all typographical workers in the rest of Scotland.Arthur Marsh and John B. Smethurst, Historical Directory of Trade Unions, vol.5, pp.93-94
The union changed its name to the Scottish Graphical Association in 1973, but merged into SOGAT shortly afterwards.
General Secretaries 1853: John BairdSarah C. Gillespie, A hundred years of progress: the record of the Scottish Typographical Association, 1853 to 1952, pp.243-244 1859: William Govan 1871: George Craig 1872: Simon Martin 1874: John Battersby 1887: Robert Johnstone 1893: John Templeton 1911: John White 1913: James Brown 1917: John Watt 1921: Robert Watson 1942: Robert H. Lean 1951: Harry Girdwood 1961: Peter Whigham
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