The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-02-02
THE UNION PRINTERS
ARE WINNING OUT
The Executive Council of the I.
T. U. Reduces the
Assessment.
The Printers Strike Situation is
Improving All Over the
Country.


the officers Of the Duluth Typograph-
ical Union, from the headquarters of
the International Typographical IN
Ion, that commencing with the week
Of Feb. 3, the strike assessment on
all members Of the I. 7. U. will be
but three per cent This is evidence
that the printers are gaining in their
great fight TOR the eight-hour day
which has been in progress for the
last eighteen months all over the Uni
ted States and Canada. The printers
strike for the eight-hour day will be-
come matter Of history shortly, but
1t will probably be some time before
the record made by the L T. U. will
be eclipsed. At one time nearly 5000
men were involved in all sections of
the country. Over 100000 in as
sessments have been raised to date,
and but $4,000 Of this has come from
outside sources. No union has ever
accomplished SO stupendous a task
unaided before. 1t Is a grand Illus
tration Of what can be accomplished
by comparatively a handful of men
(the membership Of the I. T. U. is
only 100000 in the furtherance Of a
just cause.
A number Of recent gains which
have been made in different parts of
the country by the printers in their
below. The Typothetae shops are
leaving the ship which has failed to
carry them to the open shop in
dustrial peace, which the officers Of
the Teapot claimed was In store for
them, and are unlonizing their offices.
Shol & Morrissey, former Typoth-
etae firm, Of St. Paul, Mimi. have
added a book and job department to
their linotype plant and signed an
agreement to conduct union shop.
The firm name has been changed to
The Syndicate Printing Co. Another
hole in the leaky Teapot.
Union men employed on Salt Lake
City newspapers have received an in
crease Of $3.50 week.
New eigft-hour contracts have been
signed with every printing office in
Kenosha,> Wis. for a period of two
years.
A new two-year eight-hour con-
tract has ben made between the
Forum Printing Co., Of Fargo, N. D..
and the Typographical Union.
Champaign-Urbana Gll.) Union has
made new eight-hour agreement
with the printing offices in the twin
cities which provides for an increase
Of $3.50 per week for hand men and
$500 per week for machine men.
The secretary Of the union says: I'VE
had no trouble in raising our scale.
The proprietors Of the printing offices
In the twin cities recognize that the
advance in the cost Of necessities Of
life compelled the printer man to ask
for the increase"
After a strike which lasted only an
hour and a half, the printers employ
ed on the Attleboro (Maiss) Sun gain
ed an increase of 5000 a week. They
previously had the eight-hour day.
New contracts have been negotiated
without friction with all the offices in
Easton, Pa, except two that have
been fighting the union for over a
year.
The Franklin Printing Co., Of Chi
cago, a Typothetae office which has
ben fighting the union for fifteen
months has capitulated and made an
agreement with No. 16. The office en-
ploys about fifteen men. After the
agreement had been made and before
the former employees were notified to
return to work, the rats who had
taken their places when the strike be-
gan, got wind Of the settlement and
quit to avoid being fired.
Schenectady IN. " Union has
signed new contracts with all the Off
,es In that city providing for an ino
| crease Of $1.00 week beginning Dec.
16, 1906, and a similar increase in De-
cember, 1908.
On November 10, strike occurred
In the office Of the Uniontown Pa.)
enius. The difficulty was settled on
December 4, to the satisfaction Of the
local union. and the members Of No.
262 Immediately returned to work in the
shop. The dispute arose through the
desire on the part Of the management
| Of the office to run an open shop, and
the result is necessarily pleasing to
the members Of the local union