Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-11-06
New York's Printers
Reject DaiIies' Offer
OF 81 Wage Increase
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Nov. 6.-Local 6
of the AFL international Typo
graphical Union-New York City,
big Six" printers union-yester-
day rejected 81 wage increase
package" proposal submitted by
a Federal mediator to both the
printers and the publishersr of IL
New York daily newspapers.
Five other printing craft unions
accepted the proposal in member
ship meetings and three craft
unions still must vote on it.
William Mapel, vice president
of the Publishers Association of
New York, said the publishers
would sign contracts today with
the unions that accepted the pro-
posal.
Local President Favors 1t.
The printers held a heated three
hour meeting before voting down
the proposal.
Francis G. Barrett, president of
Local 6, argued for approval of the
proposal
You have got to make up your
minds what to do after this if
you reject this proposal now, "
Mr.. Barrett said. IF we reject
this proposal and all the others
elect to adopt it, you will be on
your own
Asked for comment after the
decision by his union, Mr.. Barrett
shrugged and said:
THE will of the membership
always prevails"
Will Keep On Working.
eve will continue to work and
continue to negotiate" he added.
The package" proposal called
for an immediate weekly wage in
crease of $3.50 plus a $3.50 con-
tribution to the welfare fund.
Another wage raise of $500 is
to become effective November l..
1851, for the second year of the
two-year contract.
The formula also calls for cost
of-living increases for every
2-point increase in the Bureau
of Labor Statistics consumer price
index In excess of 4 percentage
points over the September Is.
1850, level.
The proposal was offered to
about $500 newspaper printers
and $500 members of other
unions, representing paper han
dlers, deliverers, mailers. ma
chinists, stereotypers. electricians.
pressmen. typographers and
photo
Vote Is TAT to 5S5.
The Big Six" membership
meeting yesterday turned down
the proposal by a vote of TAT
to 585.
The voting climaxed Is months
of combined negotiations between
the publishers and all nine craft
unions-the first of their kind
held.
At other meetings yesterday
these AFL unions accepted the
proposal:
Local /, New York Photo-en-
gravers, by 141 in favor. SO OPP
posed: Local 3, international
Brotherhood of Electrical Work
ers, unanimous: Local /, Paper
Handlers and Straightenefs Union.
Local l, New York
Stereotypers. unanimous; Local
6, New York mailers union, 259
in favor. 10 opposed.
Presented Differently.
The package" was presented
to these unions in q different
manner, however.
The union leadership exercised
an option provided in the medi-
ator's proposal, which was to take
The $3.50 welfare fund contrlbu-
ton as an immediate pay raise,
rather than have it paid into the
fund.
Thus, these unions voted on
IS weekly pay raise-all in cash
plus another 50 raise next year,
with no welfare fund contribu-
lion included.
Other unions still to vote on
the proposal are the ALL New
York Printing Pressmen's Union
and two Independent unions, the
International Association of Ma
chinists and the Newspaper and
Mail De1iverarS TJpioyo