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SOGAT, Sogat|ˈsəʊgæt|
[Acronym f. the initial letters of Society of Graphical and Allied Trades.]
A trade union now composed of paper-workers, etc. (see below), in the printing industries.
The union was formed in 1966 by the amalgamation of the National Union of Printing, Bookbinding, and Paper Workers and the National Society of Operative Printers and Assistants. In 1972 this union was divided, with the paper workers retaining the acronym SOGAT. In 1982 SOGAT amalgamated with the National Society of Operative Printers Graphical and Media Personnel. The new union was called SOGAT 82.
1966Paperworker Mar. 3/1 Formation of SOGAT. The Registrar of Friendly Societies informed us today of his approval of the..establishment of the Society of Graphical and Allied Trades (SOGAT). 1967SOGAT Feb. 6/1 Only one year ago the Society of Graphical and Allied Trades, now using the coined name SOGAT, came into being. 1969Times 2 May 1/8 About 500 Sogat members..stopped work..at the Stationery Office's printing plant. 1971H. Wilson Labour Government xiii. 210 SOGAT rejected a multilateral meeting. 1977in R. Crossman Diaries III. 723 Richard Briginshaw, General Secretary of the National Society of Operative Printers, Graphical and Media Personnel (as SOGAT became) 1951–75. 1982Times 8 Nov. 2/4 Sogat '82 hopes that several hundred trade unionists will demonstrate. |