United labor bulletin., 1915-01-23
Another Special Meeting
Of Printers Sunday
After New Scale Is Adeptsd, Issue
Raised BY Bo1fils Over Payment
for Work % Saturday Night

here mas Deen hitch IN the news
paper scale negotiations and another
special meeting of Denver Typographi-
cal Union No. 40 will be held tomorrow
Sunday afternoon at o'clock in
Horan hall to further consider the mat
ter. At special meeting held last Sum
day the report OF the scale committee,
which had been agreed TO in conference
with the publishers Of the Denver Post,
Rocky Mountain News and Denver
Times, was adopted and ii was expected
the new agreement and scale would be
signed up this week without further
controversy.
II was signed by James II. Smyth,
general manager of the New. and Times.
representing the publisher, John G
>haiicr. When the agreement was rrr-
-ented to +. C. Bonfil-. one Of the Post
publishers and representative of that
paper in the conference, he objected to
signing, hasing his action on that part
Of the scale which provides payment OF
price and one.half for Saturday nights
work on the Post. This has been part
of the scale for several years and ap-
plies to those who work what j. termed
: double header"
fost oplects 10 Extra Pay.
The Denver Expre-- was not a party
to the conferences held ON the new scale.
the manager having declared his purpose
10 accept any scale established by the
union
romorrou's meeting will be for the
purpose of In-fructing the committee 10
either stand pat ON the seal. adopted
last Sunday or 10 concede the point
raised by the Post owrer-. The issne
thus raiscd coucerns only the Post. as
this part Of the scale applies solely TO
evening papcrs printing Sunday morn
ing editions Bonfils claims the Sat
sirday nights work should be- at the reg
ular night scale, whereas the. union
maintains the present system of paying
those who work the Saturday day shift
and are compelled 10 work the night shift
which requires practically 10 hourr' con
tinuous work. pricr and onc-hslf should
continue.
In effect the Post publishers are now
demanding that the scale for Saturday
nights work on tha; paper be reduced
si.s5.
Meeting Last Sunday.
Sundays meeting in Hornn hall, at
1921 Cleveland place. was largely at
tended. a. the negotiations had been
pending ever since the publishers asked
Tor reopenine OF the scale at the Sep
i-mbcr meeting. Later they submitted
proposition asking a material decrease
IN wages and changes in working condi
ticn-. including o icnethening Of days
work by 30 minutes The new contract
adopted continues the present scale and
hours, the only concession made to the
publishers being the reset. or Bogus,
"f foreign mats.
a new provision in the contract pro-
yidcs for board OF arbitration con-
~i-ting OF two members of the union and
two from the publishers to consider any
differences arising under terms Of the
contract. II necessary n fifth arbiter. to
he mutually agreed upon. Is to be
called in. II is expected this will elm
mate most of the internal troubles Of
the union.
When the union met IL was decided 10
70 into committee of tho whole for con.
-idcration of the contract and scale
Hgrccd TO by the conference committee.
President Frank J. Pulvcr. chairman OF
the committee. read the report. printed
copies having been furnished each mrm.
Der present. II was then taken up by
sections and discussed for over two
hours. After this careful scrutiny the
report was approved without the chang.
ing Of word or figure.
On the roll call vote TO a,iopt. six
months members voting, only five neg