United labor bulletin., 1915-01-30
Agreement Approved At
Special Meeting
Union Comedies Publishers Point
On Double Header" and Gain
Additional Pay for Extras"

With only l2 dissenting votes in a
largely attended special meeting last
Sunday afternoon, in Horan hall, Dem
yer typographical Union No. 40 ap-
proved the amended contract and wage
scale on daily newspapers as reported by
Chairman Frank J. Pulver of the scale
committee. 1t was signed Monday at
noon by F. G. Bonfils for the Denver
Post and by James ii. Smith as general
manager. representing John C. Shaffer,
for the Rocky Mountain News and Dem
yer Times. 1t is be in force for term
of three years from date OF signature.
As stated in last weeks issue OF The
Bulletin a hitch over the agreement ap-
proved by the union at special meet
ing held a week previous arose over the
pay for Saturday nights work on the
Post, known in the trade as double
header" where men are required to
work a night shift to get out a Sunday
morning paper after putting in the day.
Saturday, in getting out the regular
evening edition.
Compromise Basis Reached
Since 1910 the scale has been at the
rate OF S4-75 for the day shift and price
and cne-half OF this for the night shift.
or ST.l2ls. The Post management con-
tended that inasmuch a. this scale did
not now prevail on any other paper in
the country the night scale of S5.25
should be written into the contract.
At a conference held last Saturday be-
tween the scale committee and the pub
fishers a compromise was reached by
which two new sections to the previous
iy adopted scale were agreed upon
These, as approved by the union sun
Jay are as follows:
| SEC Evening papers publishine
:. Sunday ,ais----'ssg elifipn sha1l be
fS1n.nre - eeses1 ltlass- papefs: cornt,eirsa-
tion to be at the day scale for day work
and at the night scale for night work.
Where it is necessary for man to
double head on Saturday and Saturday
night overtime shall not be charged, but
| il shall be construed as two separate
days, the man receiving pay for his day
work at the day rate and for his night
work at the night rate. This shall APP
ply only TO Saturday and Saturday
night.
Extras Get More Pay
Sc $ Men not holding regular situa-
tions shall be elassed as extras Extras
working less than four days or nights a
week for the office shall be compensat-
ed at the rate of 80 cents per day or
night in addition to the regular scale
In all other respects the scale is the
same as that handed down by the joint
national arbitration board in 1910
Thus, while the union conceded the
point claimed by the Post, additional
| pay for extra men working less than
| four days or nights was gained on all
three papers parties to the conference.
This provision is similar to those pre-
vailing on daily papers in New York,
! Chicago, Seattle and one or two other
large publishing centers.
First Contract with Post.
Considerable qualification was ex-
pressed by member sof the union over
the favorable outcome OF the confer
ences. which have coverd a period since
the scale was opened for amendment
last October. II is the first time the
Typographical Union has ever had
signed agreement with the Denver Post
This is the first newspaper scale neeo-
tiated in Denver for more than a score
of years without calling in outside aid
or sending the matter to the national
arbitration board.
Numrous little matters that have
caused irritation in the newspaper Of
fiees also Were ironed out. so that the
slate has been wiped clean and the
union starts under the new agreement
at peace with all parties concerned. As
previously printed in The Bulletin. one
OF the big steps taken looking to con-
tinued harmony is the creation of n
joint standing committee to arbitrate all
grievances that may arise under the on
Grafton of the contract Just entered into.
While not Il party to the conference,
the Denver Express. a Scripps paper. has
concurred in the terms.