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Show THE CITIZEN cured employment and their employer has been threatened with the destruction of his business if he did not discharge them at once. The finger of scorn is pointed at the printers by lfess conservative workmen and organizations. They are saying, What did the goody-good- y unions gain? Did the business interests appreciate their efforts for peace? They did not, and they never will. What did those fellows gain by fighting the I. W. W.? By opposing every move they thought too radical for them? Encouraging The Reds shall be paid not a week. This shall U the minimum rate of pay for (geynien. If is not intended that Lstrued as the maximum wage U workman. (Note The viurneymen I .... prin-increas- ed . reward for increased eminently fair efficiency is DUld be frankly u. recognized. exact reproduction of the proposed scale of igction submitted by Salt Lake Typo-,Union to the employers in unercial branch of the printing before the present trouble j is an lbove 1 1 was stated proposed scale, the space for p being left blank so the be inserted after an agree-sbeen reached. with the em- jgd i amount of wages fig-ul- d d provide for a dead for all workmen, stated that The did not mediocrity cale tifically prin-iacreas- ed reward ror increas-- t or efficiency is eminently fair and should be oncemed frank-gnize- d. looking to the signing tiations were opened in w scale Feb-- 7 sending notice to ployers that changes were respectfully asking the em-tfix the time and place for nces on the subject and ex-- l the hope that the cordial had existed in the past be continued. Other than a acknowledgment of receipt of ter, nothing was heard from the union the de-n- d o re-th- at for several weeks, e meantime, on March 11, the gain sent a written communica-th- e ers stating in detail employers v changes desired and them to fix the time and iterances. larch 23, again place not having heard from another letter was sent the previous that a rep-tiv- e ployers, eminding them of nications and asking of the union be . permitted their meetings to the questions at issue. On H a special messenger deliver-th- e unions secretary the fol-- . ear at one of letter: 4 to your letter of March i which you request certain ad-nt- s in the contract now exist-twee- n Salt Lake Typographical h'o. 115 and the Employing f Association of Utah, are advised that after full and consideration of all questions association, as members J this tah 1 Associated Industries, have to operate their themselves and dcan after May 1st, 1921, on Plan of Employment, the contract we have jn jour union, which expires 1921, cannot be renewed by prdingiy, taly yours, ffi?YING PRINTERS ! I ASSO-NATIO- OF UTAH the next w!r?a few weeks between ol Ploying printers assoc toaentativcs of the unioi .the attitude of the 1 he representative o Iet,ter Id e dated APrR Pilege of appearii aours r conditior t the employe a?et ! only. Such 51 and asreed hp9.8ame was li?!,notheld-mal- filed E5 conditioi to, the d useless an n Union ) 2 secretary the employe discuss matter privilege, the er Ve cannot hold an; N ference with you as a labor union, or with any of your representatives until after you have officially accepted the principles of the American Plan of It was well known to Employment. all that the acceptance of these prin-- ' ciples would mean that the union should cease to function, and imposing that condition meant that the employers definitely and finally refused to meet the representatives of the men who had manned their offices from their inception. April 29 the Industrial Commission of Utah proffered its good offices to bring about a settlement through me diation and arbitration. The union the promptly accepted proffer, but the to the Indusemployers read trial Commission upon the impropriety of recognizing the union because the Typographical Union has no legal standing, being a voluntary association, overlooking the fact that the employing printers association was also a voluntary association, having no legal standing. (That was before the recent decision of the U. S. Supreme Court in the Coronado case.) This in brief is a history of the negotiations had before the beginning of the present touble in printing circles. Havent they had to meet the hardest, . doing whats right. Since the break in relations the union has tried all honorable means to bring about a resumption of relations, feeling that its course had always been honorable and that some time recognition of that fact would be had. A clean, peaceable battle for recognition has been waged, nbut notwithmade standing the fact that no demand for high wages, leaving battle of all? They sure have, and The above sentithey always will. ments were expressed at a recent public meeting and ftiey seemed to meet the approval of the audience. The reds have been immensely strengthened the conservatives discredited. The serious aspect of all this to the community is the lesson that has been driven home to the consciousness of every working man in the state, for they are all watching the outcome. What effect is this struggle going to have on future relations of employers and employees? What credence will be given the labor man who advocates conservative, peaceful methods? When such methods do not pay, how can it be expected that they will long be Despite all this, the Typographical Union is still committed to its policy of peaceful methods, the substitution of conferences, mediation and concilia- tration as the last resort. , . If you believe in these principles you can do your part toward building them up by insisting that the union label appear on all your printing: The two years devoted to fomenting strife and cajoling and forcing employers to fight their employees have been two years of depression, bad business, decreasing valuations and decreasing population. Is it not about time to try a little constructive cooperation as a means of starting prosperity in our midst? Salt Lake Typographical Union No. 115 311 Scott Bldg. Was. 7762 (Advertisement.) C. HENDERSON Furniture and Piano Moving Large and Small Auto Vans 167 South West Temple Salt Lake City, Utah Why Lots of People HUNT MARABELLE Because Marabelles is the place to get first class tailoring, cleaning and repair work. Time for you to start to 78 WEST FOURTH SOUTH The Mysterious Address for your work. Phone Was. 5892. Auto Repairing the best work at can give you I very the lowest cost Complete overhauling of Motors, and Ignition my specialties. A Trial Will Convince You Car-bureto-r Abes Auto Repair Shop 8. H. Abrahatnson 50 East Fourth 8outh 8treet Phone Wasatch 3200 Jiigo-Slavand more not Greee there are telephones than in ia EVANS & EARLYt Los Angeles. Denver has just about the same number of telephones as Greece, Rumania, Central America, Luxenburg and Egypt combined. During the year. 1920, approximately 23,000.000 board feet of lumber .was used In the Bell System or enough to construct a board walk six feet wide from Boston to Philadelphia. It takes nearly 34,000,000 miles of wire to provide service to all the telephone subscribers In the United States today, or enough wire to span the distance between the earth and the moon more than 140 times. Funeral Dlreetera I- - 48 lentil State Street Telephone Wasatch SS1S . i SKSinntf s jXjt&iott UNION MADE TO YOUR ORDER . Cafeteria Home Cooked Foods ' The net results of the peaceful and honorable methods followed by the Typographical Union to date have been : Scores of the best workmen the town ever had have left for other parts to make their homes where their methods receive more hospitable recognition. (Can the city and state afford to drive out men who are staunch advocates and exemplars of peaceful methods?) Other scores of skilled workmen reif maining here would gladly leave of they could do so without sacrifice their homes and family ties. Those who have remained here are denied employment, there being many instances where, these men have se Res. Phone Was. 7638j Office Phone 1172 Res. 555 West 1st North Facts About the Telephone In all of Belgium. Hungary, the wages blank in their proposed contract, that it has successively appealed to the employing printers association, Industries, to ministers, public men and officials, these methods have not as yet received even the scant recognition of a conference. tem. Boston takes high rank from the standpoint of telephone development, having more telephones than the combined countries of Belgium, Italy, Hungary, British India, Egypt, and Luxembourg, or more than In all of Australia, Belgium and Greece together. tion for strikes and lockouts, with arbi- the-unio- to the Commercial club, to the Printing Division of the Utah Associated The telephone properties of the Bell System cost about $1,000,000,000. If one dollar a minute had been expended from the year 1 to the present time, It would total less than the capital expenditures of the Bell Telephone Sys- followed? Prior to that time there had been no friction between the employers and tha union. In fact, for years no union official had been called upon to adjust any difference or dispute. Relations were as peaceful, harmonious and apparently satisfactory as could well he The employers were the imagined. of the competency of the memjudges bers of the union employed in their offices. Not in ten years had there been any protest from the union over the discharge of any of its members. When a break in relations appeared unavoidable, the union instructed the members employed in the commercial offices to make every effort to clear up all work on hand and to leave the offices in the best possible order. This was done, in many instances the men worked overtime and even on Sunday to clear up the work as completely as possible. The final week of their employment was a banner week for production in practically every office. The members of the union have always followed the policy that it pays to be fair and square, to go more than half way with the other fellow in 7 Hike jflotfjer to Jflabe Quality Geanliness Lunch Music Dinner . Tailors of Quality Clothes 215 South Main Street 327 So. Main Stn CUIMHIIIIHIIIIIIIHIHHNHIMIIinillMI Salt Lake |