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Association Insights: PRINTING United Alliance

PRINTING United Alliance is a member-based printing and graphic arts association based in the U.S. The Alliance team provides economics and market trend insight, education, certification, events, human resources services, the latest legislation affecting our industry, environmental, and health and safety leadership. The Alliance partners with leading industry organizations that echo its mission in serving professionals and their companies across market segments with current, usable resources, both locally and nationally.

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By Robert Lindgren on Aug 03, 2021

Since the 19th century, he printing industry has been served by a network of independent regional associations that the reflect the on-the-ground interests and needs of the printer world. In fact, the national federation (first named UTA and then renamed and reorganized an renamed PIA after WWII) was created at a meeting in Chicago of these local associations.

They still exist and are key resources for our industry. Unfortunately, an ill-planned executive action by PUA led to the dissolution of the partnership earlier this year. It should be a goal for our industry to reunite the organizations, locally and nationally, into a stronger organization on a mutually equitable basis.

 

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