Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1922-01-03 | Page 1 | Photo Engraves Begin Large Strike

PHOTO ENGRAVERS : BEGIN LARGE STRIKE ' CHICAGO, Ills.. Jan. 3 Approxi-j Approxi-j mately 3400 members of the photo-1 photo-1 engravers' union in 30 cities of the j country won on strike today in protest pro-test against a wage reduction or lengthening of working hours accord-! accord-! ing to reports to the headquarters Micro of the American Photo-Engrav-er aai u ladon. Employers sought to reinstate tho 48-hour week at the present rate ofl pay. or to reduce wages $5 and allow I 44-hour week to continue. The union declined to accept the change aiid went "ii strike, a cord In? I" Louis l'!.i-l der. commissioner of t h o association The wage reduction would have ap-l proxlmated eight per ten: he sa'd, the average wage being about $5i'i a week . All union jd. mts In Chicago were closed today.