Society of Graphical and Allied Trades 892868 179398253 2007-12-21T15:04:38Z Warofdreams 20855 General Secretaries [[Image:Sogat House, Oval, London.jpg|thumb|The former SOGAT House at Oval, London. Photo taken July 2007]] The '''Society of Graphical and Allied Trades''' ('''SOGAT''') was a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[trade union]] in the [[printing]] industry. SOGAT was formed in 1966 by the [[National Union of Printing, Bookbinding and Paper Workers]] and the [[National Society of Operative Printers and Assistants]] (NATSOPA). The National Union of Printing, Bookbinding and Paper Workers became the Society of Graphical and Allied Trades Division A and NATSOPA became the Society of Graphical and Allied Trades Division 1. The aim was to achieve a complete merger over time, but differences led to in-fighting and in 1970 the two divisions split, Division A retaining the name Society of Graphical and Allied Trades and Division 1 becoming the [[National Society of Operative Printers, Graphical and Media Personnel]] (but retaining the Natsopa acronym). In 1975, SOGAT officially became the '''Society of Graphical and Allied Trades 1975''' ('''SOGAT '75''') after amalgamation with the [[Scottish Graphical Association]]. In 1982, SOGAT '75 and NATSOPA finally amalgamated to become the '''Society of Graphical and Allied Trades 1982''' ('''SOGAT '82'''). In 1992, SOGAT '82 merged with the [[National Graphical Association]] to form the [[Graphical, Paper and Media Union]], which subsequently merged with [[Amicus]] to become that union's Graphical, Paper and Media industrial sector. [[Brenda Dean]] was [[general secretary]] of SOGAT '82 from 1985 to 1992. ==General Secretaries== *1975: [[Bill Keys]] *1982: Bill Keys and [[Owen O'Brien]] *1985: [[Brenda Dean]] == External links == *[http://www.amicustheunion.org Amicus] *[http://www.amicustheunion.org/Default.aspx?page=1648 Graphical, Paper and Media sector of Amicus] {{organized labour portal}} [[Category:1966 establishments]] [[Category:1992 disestablishments]] [[Category:Former British trade unions]] {{UK-org-stub}} {{UK-trade-union-stub}}