National Union of Bookbinders and Machine Rulers

The National Union of Bookbinders and Machine Rulers was a trade union representing bookbinders and related workers in the United Kingdom.

Key Information

Merged into	National Union of Printing, Bookbinding, Machine Ruling and Paper Workers
Founded	1911
Dissolved	1921
Headquarters	9 Independent Buildings, Fargate, Sheffield
Location	United Kingdom
Members	7,000 (1912[1])
Affiliations	Trades Union Congress
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The union was founded in 1911 when the Bookbinders' and Machine Rulers' Consolidated Union merged with the London Consolidated Society of Journeymen Bookbinders, the Vellum Account Book Binders' Trade Society and the Day Working Bookbinders of London.^[2] Many Dublin-based members of the union left in 1920 to form the Irish Bookbinders' and Paper Rulers' Trade Union.^[3]

In 1921, the union merged with the National Union of Printing and Paper Workers to form the National Union of Printing, Bookbinding, Machine Ruling and Paper Workers.^[2]