Denver labor bulletin., 1916-03-11
"a CUSTOM TAILORS
SIGN WITH UNION
New Agreement Became Ef-
feCtiVe This Week
Following Decision Of State Industrial
Commission Employing Firms
Agree to Union Rules

Twenty-four Denver custom tailoring
firms this week signed up with Journey
men Tailors Union No. 3, following the
decision rendered last Friday by the
Colorado State Industrial Commission
sustaining every demand made by the
union as to wages and working condi-
tions. This has proved a great boost to
the local union, which took in eighteen
new members at the meeting Monday
night. About 200 journeymen tailors are
benefited by the new agreement.
Firms which have signed up with the
union and are now entitled to use the
union label of the Journeymen Tailors
onion of America, are as follows: The
Marx Tailoring company, George H.
Mullett. A. NJ. Grant, Banghof Bros,
John A. Matherson, o. 5. Roslund, Sam
weintraub. G. y. Tobin. Andrew Schober.
Apple & LizSa. A. 6. Douds, Charles A.
Bax. Samuel Grammar. Sureen & Swan
emeyer, Freelander x Mazer, NJ Rose. A
Rifliin. Il. Rose, 7. 6. Serafini, John
Hermann and Robert Sabboth.
Union es Per Cent Strong.
The new agreement calls for a nine
hour day and the back shop system. The
wage scale for day work is $50 and up
per week according TO grade OF work
Piece scale now ranges from So to Sl2
per garment, according to quality. Bid
ding between woTkmen for jobs is entire
ly eliminated
Only one fire doing business in Denver
has refused to sign the agreement. Nicol
the Tailor. a trade name for Chicago
concern. Practically all the orders taken
by Nieol are sent to Chicago to be made
up. and customers are buncoed into be-
lieying they are getting custom made
garments, when in fact they are made in
lots by machine in Chicago.
Denver Tailors Union No. 3 now com
prises as per cent of the custom workers
in the city. This has been brought
about largely thru the efforts of General
Organizer d. 6. Biggs, who came here
five months ago and has been on the job
day and night ever since.
One Sweatshop Tailor Balks-
The following letter covering the case
of one tailor shop in Denver which has
refused to sign the new contract, was
sent to the Denver Manufacturers asso-
ciation this week, as citing an instance
where home industry" is being violated
by supposed local tailoring shop:
Denver Manufacturers Association,
Denver Colo.
Gentlemcn-The industrial commission
of our state recently issued Findings
and award" in the case OF the Journey.
men Tailors VS.. Merchant Tailors of this
city. We quote few extracts from it;
The demands of the journeymen tai
lors for a schedule OF wages and prices
that shall be definite are absolutely just
demands.
The demand of the journeymen tai
lors for extra pay for overtime, extra
work and alterations is just.
The customer the report continues,
who is paying greater price than for
merly for his clothes, has right to
know that his garments are made up by
experts in back shop and under sanl-
tary conditions"
Kindly allow us to state that twenty
four firms have recognized and complied
with this findings and award" One
firm, Nicol the Tailor, doing business
at 1895 10th street, has fatty refused
us all these things and is having his
work made up in sweat shops of Chicago.
II this condition continues, quite a num-
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