The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-06-18
ALLIANCE BUSY IN PRINTERS Strike

Iuo O1tlLeHS All1dnce, winch fought
So valiantly-and SO unsuccessfully-
to inject it's venomous open-shop doc
trine into the public intelligence dur
ing the carpenters strike, again rears
an ugly head and enits menacing
rattle in the direction Of the printing
trades workers..
To the mere looker-on,. what the
Citizens Alliance has to say in it's
paid advertisements appearing in the
daily papers, has the superficial ap-
pearance of an attempt to be fair"
TO the men behind the scenes, who
supply the money which keeps the
Citizens Alliance alive, the purposes
of the organization drop the cloak of
fairness and assume a. far more
sinister garment.
The following extracts are taken
from a special bulletin issued at Al
lance headquarters June 9. and dis
tributed among the weakening en-
ployers whose backbone the Alliance
is attempting to stiffen-at a price:
"a Dismal FAilure.''
1T looks as though the printers
strike for 44-hour week would be
a dismal failure, not only in Duluth,
but throughout the whole country.
:
1--WE want to urge upon you all to
stand behind and support the printers
in the fight they are making against
the wholly unjustified demand for a
shorter work week. They are fighting
your battles quite as. much as THUR
own to prevent an increase in your
printing bills. +"
"A few weeks of patience on the
part Of their customers will enable
the job printers of Duluth to place
their business upon, a permanent, rea-
sonable basis. and you will reap bene-
fits from this much in excess of any
temporary loss or inconvenience you
may have to go through in order to
enable them to win out. ="
''Public Doesn't Appreciate
There is one thing which the pub
lie does not seem to fully appreciate,
and this is that winning the printers
strike by the job printers, and this
strike is going to be won completely,
is going to do more to bring about
open shop conditions in all lines OF
trade than any other one thing that
ever happened. After few more
weeks Of earnest corporation and sup
port o. employers, in building trades,
and of the job printers, Duluth will
have the ways well cleared for a COM
plete open shop program. This has
cost lot of effort and money. but
the result will be worth many times
what it has COST
What Is Actually Happening.
If the printers are weakening, they
themselves are blithely unaware of the
fact. Of the 20 shops in Duluth
which are affected by the strike, II
today are Struck" 5 are label shops
and 4 have complied with the 44-hour
schedule.
Does the Citizens Alliance really
believe this strike is dismal failure?
On the Mesaba range the workers
are steadfast in their determination
to emerge from the present embroglio
victorious. Every means is being
taken to discourage them, without re-
suit. Owners and managers privately
admit they "are just hanging on. hop
ing the union will lay down first"
They also admit they are ssick. Of It,"
and only wait an opportune time to
throw up the sponge without having
to admit they were defeated without
a struggle.
AS for shops throughout the coun-
try, about which the Alliance appears
so sanguine, here are a few bulletins:
ALBANY, New York, June Z. 1921.
j. B. Lyon company, employing 200
members Of Typographical union No.
4, who refused to grant 44-hour week
on May /. today signed up A hours,
this in addition to 20 other shops.
Expect to sign all shops within tbs
week.
HART, Albany"
"Sioux City, Iowa, June Z, 1921
Forty-four-hour week agreed to in all
shops and also Job and newspaper
scales agreed to.
CHARLES RHODE"
Toronto, Ontario, June z. 1871
First real break in typothetae. South
man, 35-card office, comedies 44-hour
week with prevailing wage.
JAMES DRURY."