The Connecticut labor news., 1924-11-29
PRINTING TRADES
 PLAN CAMPAIGN
 TO BOOST LABEL
Would Coordinate Efforts With Other Trades to Benefit All
 Labor.

l The following self-explanatory letter has been sent this week to all Labor unions:
 i November 24, 1924 To Allied Printing Trades Councils
 and Local Unions Chartered by the
 Five International Printing Trades
 Union of North America. 1 Dear Sirs and Brothers:
 From time to time efforts have been made to coordinate the work of our various units, to create wider demand and use of the Allied Printing Trades Union Label. We have made consid- erable progress in that direction in the past but such efforts as we put forth were more or less spasmodical and not systematically organized or coordin- ated.
 1 The Allied Printing Trades Council of New York State have endeavored to point out the advisability of concen- trating our efforts on label propaganda work in one given channel until satis- | factory results are obtained, rather ] than to try and cover the whole field of industry in every connection where printed matter is used It is apparent that the most intelligent prosecution of Union Label agitation would be for all units of the organization to coordinate 1 +Ia hot +o fields as provide the best opportunity for successful results
 i There is no other industry in Amer ica which is so largely patronized as the motion picture industry. The great bulk of the public patronizing the mo7 ton picture theaters in every section of the country IS comprised of the working men and women and mem bers of their families Millions of dol- lars a year are thrown into the coffers l of the theater owners and the motion picture producers as a result of the patronage of those enterprises by the members of organized labor and their l families There schou1d be more reel | ] picture, industry, and the least that they can do is to demand the Union Label of the Allied Printing Trades l Council on all their printing matter. Trades Councils and local unions char tered by the five international print 1 ing trades unions to immediately ap- point special Union Label committees; ] that these Union Label committees be instructed to wait upon the owners of i all motion picture theaters in their re- spective localities that they inform the 1 theater owners that in return for the patronage of the working people l (members of organized 1abor) and their l families, the unions expect the patron 1 age of the Allied Printing Trades i Union Label by the motion picture the ater owners. This committee will prob ably be advised that most of the print ing used to advertise the screen fea- lures is furnished by the motion pic ture producers. To this they should make reply requesting the theater owners to demand from the producers printed matter that bears the Allied Printing Trades Union Label, and to advise the producers that their patrons who are 1arge1 ymembers of the var1- ous trade unions are demanding that the Union Label be displayed on all motion picture printing.
 A similar letter is being sent to the Central Labor body of your city re- uuesting them to take similar action. Therefore we suggest that your dele gates to the Central Labor body be instructed to take this matter up with them and see that they act favorably upon the request and appoint commit tees to cooperate.
 Trusting you will comply with this request by taking immediate favorable action and notify this office not only of the action taken by your local body but also as to the provress of the work, we are
 Sincerely and fraternally, New York State Allied Printing Trades
 Council,
 JOHN L. HARTNETT, Secretary. Allied Printing Trades Council, of
 Greater New York, \
 s. c. KELLEY, Secretary.