Show SI l Li PRESSMEN MN TO STRIKE If DEMAND I IS Chairman of Employing I Printers' Printers Declares I There Is Little Danger I of a Sympathetic Strike I demands for an inI increase increase in- in U UNLESS I crease in wages are granted j i by hy o owners ne s of local job printing I I houses by next Mon Monday ay members of th the Salt Lake press pressmen's nen's union No will wUl strike according to union officials Information given out today told of a meeting of ot this union scheduled for Friday night at which strike plans will be considered Thirty pressmen and twelve feeders will be affected by the strike of ot the pressmen's union according to A. A W. W Kay business agent for the job press press- men Negotiations have been pending I with employers for several weeks but no satisfactory agreement has been i reached it is reported Kay declares that cylinder press I foremen cylinder journeymen and platen journeymen are asking 38 8 a week Platen journeymen are now paid 27 a week he says R. R T. T Porte chairman of the Employing Employing Employing Em Em- Printers' Printers Association of Utah representing the said STATEMENT ISSUED All AU the matters pertaining to contracts contracts contracts con con- tracts with unions employed in the Various vaI various va va- rious printing offices of Salt Lake City are taken care of by the tho Employing I Printers' Printers association of Utah We Ve now have contracts with the Typographical union the bookbinders' bookbinders union and the cylinder press assistants The matter of a contract with the I pressmen came up a month or so ago Last year we accepted the decision of ofa ofa a a. board of arbitration and have been pitying paying the pressmen according to th the theaward award The year in which this agreement agreement agreement agree agree- ment started ends on September 1 1 Looking forward to to the ending of the scale the pressmen requested a contract contract contract con con- tract and a scale for 44 a week for foremen and 40 a week for pressmen both cylinder and platen presses This was turned down by the Employers' Employers as association association association as- as and the pressmen were offered of or- approximately an advance of 10 per cent over the award of the board of arbitration of a year ago This was vas turned down by the pressmen pressmen pressmen press press- men who came back with a counterproposal coUnterproposal counter counterproposal proposal of 42 and 38 respectfully for foremen and Journeymen The Employers Employers' Employers Employers' Employers Employers' Em Em- association requested another conference which was vas denied by the pressmen unless the association would sign up the last demand of the union There has been bElen no other offer to the union than the 10 per cent referred to which is a sliding scale from for tor cylinder foremen to 30 for platen pres pressmen Another statement as asI proposal from the employers has no I foundation in fact tact INTERVIEW INCORRECT I As far as a sympathetic strike is concerned we have ha contracts with the Typographical union and the bookbinders ers era and und these unions Invariably live JIve I up to their contracts and have never engaged In a s sympathetic strike up to toI this time These unions have hate always settled any differences with the Employers Employers' Em Em- I players players' association without strife an and there is no misunderstanding at nt the pr present time I The alleged re ed interview of ot an emI employer em em- player in a morning paper must have been the Imagination of some one who I did not know the facts as everything said was beside the facts |