United labor bulletin., 1910-12-22

The Denver Allied Printing Trades
Council held a special meeting Sunday
at 80, and the pressmen asked that the
council use its influence to prevent the
signing Of any contract by the different
locals OF the printing trades with the
Denver Publishers association. A reso-
luton was drafted along this line. but
after much discussion the resolution was
strengthened and passed unanimously
The resolution follows:
whereas. Denver Web Pressmen's
union. No %, are on strike against the
Denver Post, the Rocky Mountain News
and the Denver Republican. and
Whereas. The strike OF Denver Web
Pressmen's union. No. %. has been en-
dorsed by their international board OF d.
rectors. the Denver Allied Printing
Trades Council and the Trades and La
bor Assembly OF Denver. and
whereas. The Denver Post. the Rocky
Mountain News and the Denver Repub-
lican have each been declared unfair TO
organized labor by the Trades and Labor
Assembly of Denver, In that the publish
ers have refused to arbitrate the diner
ences between the publishers and Den.
yer Web Presmen's union. No. %. when
requested TO do so by committees from
the Trades and Labor Assembly, Allied
Printing Trades Council and l. p. p. and
A. u. and
Whereas, Denver Web Pressmen's
union. No. %. has proposed to establish
the conditions In effect at the time OF
the strike and then proceed with arbitra-
ton. which proposition has been refused
by the Denver publishers. therefore. be II
Resolved. BY the Denver Allied Print
ing Trades Council that they oppose the
renewal Of agreements or contracts by
any afillated organization with the afore-
named unfair newspapers until settle
ment OF the differences with Denver WEB
Pressmen's union. No. e. has been
reached: and be it further
Resolved. That the Joint Conference
board be requested TO take such action
mn will prevent any local affiliated with
any international that Is member OF
the Joint Conference board from renew
ing n contract with the members OF tne
Denver Newspaper Publishers associa-
tion until all differences have been salts
factorily adjusted.
The United Labor Bulletin desires to
submit to its readers and the iaboring
men OF Denver the fact that strike ex-
is,s on the three Denver newspapers that
nre members of the Publishers associa-
tion-the Post. News and Republican.
II Ia not a matter OF whether the pub
,.her. made n mistake in sparring for
delay in proceeding to arbitration OF
whether the publishers were JUSTIFIED In
Violating the contract signed at the time
NJ the first strike: neither is 1t ques-
tion of whether the Pressmen were jus
tif,ed in calling either the first or the
second strike.
II "a now a question of settlement.
II has been acknowledged on both
sides of the controversy that different
course might have been pursued with
better judgment.
But that is long since passed
The bulletin believes that there Is not
n nuh,,.her in Denver who thinks for q
minute that he can continue to operate
with nm open-shop pressroom for any
length of time in a town that WILL ana
MUST continue to be a union or closed
shop town.
The union men OF Denver have not yet
taken this fight as serious as 1t should
no taken. They have been divided In
their opinion by the different statements
In circulation and by the unbusiness-like
predicament Of the printing trades unions
working on the different newspapers
who cannot give material assistance on
account Of contracts.
There is only one course for the union
people Of this city to take II they 90 not
wish to weaken their position In the
labor world, and that is that the strike
must be concluded at once.
Tho publishers have submitted state
ments as to the mistakes the pressmen
have made--but the publishers oner
nothing in settlement but the open snop.
II the union labor men OF Denver give
heed to these statements and DO not pro
tecs their own interests by protecting
the fortifed position Of organised labor
in Denver, then the labor movement VIII
be weakened beyond repair.
It 10 agreed by sound-thinking men
that as this is an age Of organization
and organizations. that not to deal with
each other through the proper organiza-
tion is inconsistent with the advance
ment Of society.