Society of Graphical and Allied Trades
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[[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]
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