The Union of Bookbinders and Paper Workers of Germany (German: Verband der Buchbinder and Papierverarbeiter Deutschlands) was a trade union representing workers involved in manufacturing paper and binding books in Germany.
A loose national association of bookbinders was formed in 1882 by various local unions, and they formally merged into a single union at a conference in Offenbach am Main on 4 April 1885.
It adopted as its journal the Buchbinder-Zeitung, which had been published since 1880, and in 1904 established a head office in Berlin.
[1] The union played a leading role in establishing the International Federation of Bookbinders and Kindred Trades.
[2] In 1919, it became a founding affiliate of the General German Trade Union Confederation.