National Union of Printing and Paper Workers

The National Union of Printing and Paper Workers was a trade union representing workers in the printing industry in the United Kingdom.

The union was founded in 1914 by the merger of the National Amalgamated Society of Printers' Warehousemen and Cutters, the National Union of Paper Mill Workers, and the United Vellum and Parchment Makers of Great Britain. Alfred Evans, formerly of the Warehousemen and Cutters, became general secretary, while William Ross, formerly of the Paper Mill Workers, became assistant general secretary.Arthur Marsh and John B. Smethurst, Historical Directory of Trade Unions, vol.5, p.57

Membership of the union was more than 20,000, and it grew as the Male Relief Stampers' Society joined in 1919. In 1921, it merged with the National Union of Bookbinders and Machine Rulers to form the National Union of Printing, Bookbinding, Machine Ruling and Paper Workers.

General Secretaries 1914: Alfred Evans 1918: Tom Newland

Presidents 1914: R. H. Swift 1918: H. Chalk

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