John Jackson (12 January 1919 – 20 April 1995) was a British trade unionist, who became the leader of one of the country's print unions.
He joined the Society of Lithographic Artists, Designers, Engravers and Process Workers (SLADE) when he was seventeen, and devoted much of his time to the union.
[1] Jackson was elected as general secretary of SLADE in 1972, taking over a union with booming membership, but which he believed was threatened by technological change.
[1][2] Following the merger, the NGA renamed itself as the "National Graphical Association '82", and appointed Jackson as joint general secretary.
The next couple of years were difficult, leading up to the Wapping dispute, but Jackson retired in 1984, before it played out.