Swiss Typographers' Union

The Swiss Typographers' Union (German: Schweizerischer Typographenbund, STB; French: Fédération Suisse des Typographes) was a trade union representing printers, based in Switzerland.

The union was founded in 1858 in Olten, becoming the first enduring trade union in Switzerland.[1] It achieved early success by negotiating wage increases, leading many strikes, and in 1912 it achieved a closed shop agreement, in co-ordination with its Christian and liberal rivals. It was an early member of the Swiss Trade Union Federation,[2] while in 1892, it led the formation of the International Typographers' Secretariat, thereafter hosting its headquarters.[3]

By the end of World War I, the union had a national presence, although until 1926 it did not admit women or workers it considered to be less skilled.[4] By 1954, the union had 10,560 members,[5] and this rose to 15,466 by 1979. The following year, it merged with the Swiss Bookbinders' and Carton Makers' Union to form the Union of Printing and Paper.[6][2]

Central Presidents

1858: Ed. Albrecht[7]
1862: U. Müller[7]
1863: Fr. Niklaus[7]
1864: J. Kleinert[7]
1865: J. Boß[7]
1866: F. Wittmer[7]
1867: K. Ehrensberger[7]
1868: H. Schweizer[7]
1870: J. Rüegg[7]
1872: Fabian Lack[7]
1874: K. Ehrensberger[7]
1876: H. Schweizer[7]
1880: J. Kummer[7]
1886: Friedrich Siebenmann[7]
1888: F. Käser[7]
1889: J. Frank[7]
1892: J. Leisinger[7]
1893: H. Unteregger[7]
1895: A. Ammann[7]
1898: A. Hagmann[7]
1900: E. Pfister[7]
1904: E. Blaser[7]
1905: F. Brosi[7]
1906: Fritz Verdan[7]
1917: Hans Grundbacher[7]
1922: H. Bräuchi[7]
1924:
1927: Hans Huber[7]
1946: Karl Aeschbacher[7]
1950s: Eduard Harsch
1967: Erwin Gerster[8]

References

  1. ^ "Schweizerischer Typographenbund (STB) / Fédération Suisse des Typographes / Federazione Svizzera dei Tipografi". Schweizerischer Sozialarchiv. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  2. ^ a b Campbell, Joan; Windmuller, John P. (1992). European Labor Unions. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 462. ISBN 031326371X.
  3. ^ Musson, A. E. (1954). The Typographical Association. London: Oxford University Press. pp. 267–269.
  4. ^ "Gewerkschaft Druck und Papier (GDP)". Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  5. ^ Mitchell, James P. (1955). Directory of Labor Organizations: Europe. Washington DC: United States Department of Labor. pp. 28.16 – 28.24.
  6. ^ Ebbinghaus, Bernhard; Visser, Jelle (2000). Trade Unions in Western Europe Since 1945. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 676–678. ISBN 0333771125.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab Leuenberger, Ernst; Weber, Beat (1958). 100 Jahre Schweizerischer Typographenbund, 1858-1958. Schweizerischer Typographenbund.
  8. ^ "Erwin Gerster zum Gedenken - Durch Beruf und Gewerkschaft geprägt!". Syndicom. 22 April 2018. Retrieved 4 December 2020.