History of the Society of Graphical and Allied Trades

JOHN GENNARD Professor of Human Resource Management Strathclyde Business School and PETER BAIN Lecturer in Human Resource Management Strathclyde Business School.

• Preface CHAPTER 1 THE PRINTING AND PAPERMAKING INDUSTRIES IN 1955 AND 1991 PART I INTER-UNION RELATIONSHIPS CHAPTER 2 THE FORMATION OF SOGAT: ITS CAUSES CHAPTER 3 RELATIONS BETWEEN NUPB&PW AND OTHER PRINTING AND PAPERMAKING UNIONS CHAPTER 4 THE ACTUAL FORMATION OF SOGAT AND ITS RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER PRINT UNIONS CHAPTER 5 THE BREAK-UP OF SOGAT CHAPTER 6 THE FORMATION OF SOGAT (82): GENERAL CAUSES CHAPTER 7 THE ACTUAL FORMATION OF SOGAT (82) CHAPTER 8 THE MERGER OF SOGAT (82) AND THE NGA (82): THE CREATION OF THE GRAPHICAL, PAPER AND MEDIA UNION (GPMU): GENERAL CAUSES CHAPTER 9 THE ACTUAL MERGER OF SOGAT (82) AND THE NGA (82) PART II CONSTITUTIONAL AND FINANCIAL STRUCTURE CHAPTER 10 DECISION-MAKING STRUCTURE DEVELOPMENTS CHAPTER 11 THE FINANCIAL STRUCTURE DEVELOPMENTS PART III THE WIDER TRADE UNION AND LABOUR MOVEMENT CHAPTER 12 RELATIONS WITH WIDER PRINT UNION BODIES CHAPTER 13 RELATIONS WITH THE TRADES UNION CONGRESS CHAPTER 14 RELATIONS WITH THE LABOUR PARTY PART IV RELATIONS WITH EMPLOYERS CHAPTER 15 THE GENERAL PRINTING TRADE AND PROVINCIAL NEWSPAPER EMPLOYERS: (I) WAGES AND HOURS MOVEMENTS, 1955–91 CHAPTER 16 THE GENERAL PRINTING TRADE AND PROVINCIAL NEWSPAPER EMPLOYERS: (2) OTHER EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS AND TRAINING CHAPTER 17 PAPER MAKING AND PAPER CONVERSION CHAPTER 18 NATIONAL NEWSPAPER PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION CHAPTER 19 THE NEWS INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION CHAPTER 20 RELATIONS WITH OTHER EMPLOYERS’ ORGANISATION