The Swiss Typographers' Union (, STB; ) was a trade union representing printers, based in Switzerland.
The union was founded in 1858 in Olten, becoming the first enduring trade union in Switzerland. It achieved early success by negotiating wage increases, leading many strikes, and in 1912 it achieved a closed shop agreement, in co-ordination with its Christian and liberal rivals. It was an early member of the Swiss Trade Union Federation, while in 1892, it led the formation of the International Typographers' Secretariat, thereafter hosting its headquarters.
By the end of World War I, the union had a national presence, although until 1926 it did not admit women or workers it considered to be less skilled. By 1954, the union had 10,560 members, and this rose to 15,466 by 1979. The following year, it merged with the Swiss Bookbinders' and Carton Makers' Union to form the Union of Printing and Paper.
Central Presidents 1858: Ed. Albrecht 1862: U. Müller 1863: Fr. Niklaus 1864: J. Kleinert 1865: J. Boß 1866: F. Wittmer 1867: K. Ehrensberger 1868: H. Schweizer 1870: J. Rüegg 1872: Fabian Lack 1874: K. Ehrensberger 1876: H. Schweizer 1880: J. Kummer 1886: Friedrich Siebenmann 1888: F. Käser 1889: J. Frank 1892: J. Leisinger 1893: H. Unteregger 1895: A. Ammann 1898: A. Hagmann 1900: E. Pfister 1904: E. Blaser 1905: F. Brosi 1906: Fritz Verdan 1917: Hans Grundbacher 1922: H. Bräuchi 1924: 1927: Hans Huber 1946: Karl Aeschbacher 1950s: Eduard Harsch 1967: Erwin Gerster
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