Printing and Paper Union (Germany)

{{Short description|Former West German trade union (1948–1989)}}

The Printing and Paper Union ({{langx|de|Industriegewerkschaft Druck und Papier}}, IG DruPa) was a trade union representing printing industry workers in West Germany.

The union was founded on 29 November 1948, to represent workers in book printing, type founding, planographic printing, gravure printing, image production, bookbinding and paper processing. A few journalists also joined, and in 1951, they were given their own section, the "German Journalists Union". In 1949, the union became a founder member of the International Graphical Federation.{{cite web |title=IG Druck und Papier |url=https://www.verdi.de/ueber-uns/idee-tradition/einheitsgewerkschaft/++co++3ae2631c-caf4-11e3-bb9e-52540059119e |website=Ver.di |accessdate=13 November 2019}}{{cite web |title=Industriegewerkschaft Medien - Druck und Papier, Publizistik und Kunst (IG Medien) |url=https://www.verdi.de/ueber-uns/idee-tradition/gruendungsgewerkschaften/++co++b75ea874-9847-11e1-4541-0019b9e321cd |website=Ver.di |accessdate=13 November 2019}}

By 1988, the union had 150,288 members.{{cite book |last1=Ebbinghaus |first1=Bernhard |last2=Visser |first2=Jelle |title=Trade Unions in Western Europe Since 1945 |date=2000 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |location=Basingstoke |isbn=0333771125 |page=310}} The following year, it merged with the Arts Union, to form the Media Union.