The Connecticut labor press., 1919-08-16
new SCALE FOR
TYPOGRAPHICAL
in new HAVEN
Satisfactory Agreement Made by
Committee and Daily News
paper Publishers.
WAGES ARE INCREASED
Biggest Boost in History of Town
and Still They Are Re-
garded as Low.

According to the new agreement as
entered into between Typographical
Union No. AZ of New Haven and the
newspaper publishers the scale for ali
journeymen printers in New Haven
as from August II, 1919, will be $50
per week for day work and $33 per
week for night work. The new agree
ment changes the existing contract only
as far as money is concerned, all other
provisions to be as at present with an
extension of one year from May j, 1920
to May l, 1921.
AS published in The Labor Press of
a recent issue the publishers had offered
an increase of 81 now and another 81
on May l, 1920, with an 18 months ex-
tension of the present contract, which
Local No. AZ rejected as the money was
not thought sufficient and the extension
of l8 months was looked upon as too
; long.
While this may appear to some ito be
rather low scale it should be taken
rnto consideration that in New Haven
in the past the newspaper printers have
been unable to get anything like an in
crease of So per week at one time, and
for that reason if for no other the
scale as now in effect is considered a
fair one. Z.
On Friday July 81, ali the members
of one of the daily newspapers in New
Haven gave in their designations to the
foreman, who had them reduced to
writing and presented them to the man
ager. This naturally awoke the pub
fishers to action and they Immediately
called the officers of No. ~ into con
ference and wanted to know if the
Typographical Union was. going to live
L
assured by the officers of No. ~ that
no violation of contract would be cot1n-
tenanced, but that the members of the
union felt that they were entitled to
more morey and should get it. 81.
On Saturday, August l, the complete
force of another daily newspaper COM
posing room resigned which brought
matters nearer crisis than has ever
existed on the daily papers in New
Z Haven
On Tuesday, August S, Representa-
tive Dallas of the Internatior1al Typo
graphical Union arrived in New ITave1f
and after conferences which continued
ZIP to Friday evening the publishers
finally presented their last proposition
which was as stated in the opening
paragraph of this article.
The matter was presented to special
meeting of Local No. ~ last Sunday
and after thorough hearing the scale
was declared open by a vote of 81 to 9
and the publishers proposition adopted
by vote of 81 to 8. -
On Monday morning of this week the
publishers of all the daily newspapers
in New Haven, Representative Dallas of
the international Typographical Union,
and President c. N. Ballard of No. AZ
met and signed the agreement and it
became active at that time.
The apprentices were also taken care
of and they will receive an increase of
rs per cent. over what is now in the
contract for apprentices.
This ends one of the most, if not the
most, trying times in the history of the
local Typographical Union and came to
a final settlement On Monday with good
feeling on all sides and words of praise
from the publishers for the way the
negotiations. were conducted by the
committee and from the committee to
the publishers in the spirit in which they
acted. 3.,
= AS No. AZ is not composed wholly of
newspaper compositors and as the ma
pority Of the members are employed in
the Job shop branch of the business the
president at the meeting on Sunday was
authorized to see what could be done
for the printers employed in the book
and job branch of the. business whose
scale at this time is extremely low. AS
in other cities where an increase has
been granted to newspaper printers
the book and job proprietors have also
come along and it is expected and hoped
that New Haven job shop proprietors
will do likewise.