Graphic Communications International Union
AbbreviationGCIU
Successor
Formation1983 (1983)
Dissolved2005 (2005)
Merger of
TypeTrade union
HeadquartersWashington, DC, US
Location
    • Canada
    • United States
Membership
60,000–154,000
Presidents
Affiliations
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The Graphic Communications International Union (GCIU) was a labor union representing printing workers in the United States and Canada.

The union was founded on May 25, 1983, when the Graphic Arts International Union merged with the International Printing and Graphic Communications Union. Like both its predecessors, it affiliated to the AFL–CIO.[1] On formation, it had 154,000 members.[2] This figure fell rapidly, along with employment in the industry, and by 2004, the union had only 60,000 members.[3]

On January 1, 2005, the union's American and Quebecois members[citation needed] merged into the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, becoming its Graphic Communications Conference.[1] The rest of the Canadian members of the union became part of the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada.

Presidents

1983: Kenneth J. Brown[4]
1985: James J. Norton[5]
2000: George Tedeschi[6]

References

  1. ^ a b "Inactive Organizations" (PDF). UMD Labor Collections. University of Maryland. Retrieved April 18, 2022.
  2. ^ Cornfield, Daniel B. (2013). Workers, Managers, and Technological Change. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 1461318211.
  3. ^ Ashack, Elizabeth A. "Major Union Mergers, Alliances, and Disaffiliations, 1995–2007" (PDF). Bureau of Labor Statistics. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
  4. ^ "International union affairs". Monthly Labor Review. Vol. 109, no. 1. January 1986.
  5. ^ "Vice President James J. Norton". AFL-CIO. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
  6. ^ Bruning, Fred (April 2019). "Tedeschi to Retire After 60 Years of 'Passionate' Union Service" (PDF). Graphic Communicator. Retrieved May 1, 2022.


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