Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-05-02
3G PRINTERS TO
Be OUT Of JOBS
MONDAY MORNING
Failure to Reach Agreement
Announced; Men, Notified
Not To Report To Work..
Vote To Strike.

Thirty-siX printers. involved in
the dispute with job printing es-
Establishments in tho city, will not
be nj work this morning. The men
have been notified by the employ
/ ers that because OF the failure to
reach an agreement, they need not
report today. 1t was also stated
/ by the firm Of Albright and Ander'
son yesterday thai they had be n
iunofficially informed that the
typographical union had taken a
strike vote yesterday and the vote
was unanimous for a strike.
The statement follows in full;
an order that the public may
know the employers side of the
controversy between the men and
the job offices, we wish TO make
the following statement:
I'VE are not meInbors Of the
United Typothetae. and conse-
quently are not bound by any
agreement the closed shop division
OF that organization may have
made regarding the forty-four
hour week for book and job Of
fees. However, the matter of the
forty -four hour week has been
eliminated from the controversy
as both Albright and Anderson
and the Central Printing company
have conceded the forty-four hour
woek TO their men.
Under tho present stagnant
business conditions 1t would bel
flying in tbs face of providence
for local Job shops to make SanyI
move that would Increase the cost
Of printing. While granting the
forty -four hour week and agreeing
to pay for overtime that might be
occasioned by the shorter working
hours, We have stood out for the
same hour wage scale that has been
in effect--in other words, forty
four hours pay for forty-four hours
work.
We regret that the public may
be Inconvenience by the deadlock
which has arisen over this matter
of wage scale. Ordinarily when
the issue OF wages has arisen, IL |
the local union and the employers !
are not able TO reach an agreement /
the international headquarters
sends an arbitrator to settle the i,
controversy If possible, and the
men continue on their jobs until +
all efforts have been exhausted |
I'm this instance, however, the
proposition of forty-eight hours |
pay for forty-four hours work was
put up to the employers. We were
unable to reach an agreement with |
the scale committee and on Fri |
day night notified tho eighteen
people working in our plant that
unless We could come to an I'M
derstanding with the printers !
union we would not be able to OPP
crate the shop after Saturday
night. We understand unofficially
that the printers union took a |
strike vote this afternoon, aud thatt
the vote was unanimous TO strike
Monday morning.
In order to avert tie-up orr
firm and the Central Printing com
pany sent joint telegram several
days ago to the International
headquarters skiing if our men
would be called out on a question
OF wage scale, or if the interna-
tional would allow them to work
pending negotiations. We were no.
Iiiiod that the local is the sover-
elgn body in wage disputes and
hat all negotiations must be with
The local.
We have tried to view this
matter in a spirit of fairness to the
public and to tho men. We have
granted tho forty-four week de-
handed by the international union.
but do not believe that we would
De justified under present condi-
ions in increasing the hourly wage
ieale would occur should we un-
lertake to pay the present forty
'tght hour wage for orty-four
hours work.
ALBRIGHT e. ANDERSON"