1906 Type & Ink Printers Union Pamphlet James Lynch

Description

ITEM: Type and Ink Printers Series A Number 2 DATE: 1906
PUBLISHER: International Typogrpahical Union, Indianapolis, Indiana
SIZE: 3 by 6 inches
COMMENTS: A folding pamphlet from the International Typographical Union. "Rational Progress" written by President James M. Lynch. "The International Typographical Union, (ITU) was a labor union founded on May 3, 1852, in the United States as the National Typographical Union. In its 1869 convention in Albany, New York, the union—having organized members in Canada—changed its name to the International Typographical Union. A 1986 merger vote, series of local mergers, and a 1988 jurisdictional agreement led to most of the ITU's mailers joining the Teamsters while the remaining printers of the ITU merged with the Communications Workers of America. As of 2006, the ITU is the oldest surviving trade union in the United States. The ITU was an industrial union with members involved in all aspects of the printing process. For the first five decades of its existence, the union wielded influence far greater than its numbers. Printers were economically mobile and articulate, which enabled them to influence the political process more readily than ill-educated blue-collar workers. The nature of the printing industry also provided the printers with economic strength. Newspapers existed in virtually every major urban center in every section of the country, and with them came the typographers' union. Printers had the ability to shutter the employers' mouthpiece, giving the union more power than the employer could muster. ITU President W.B. Prescott, aware of this power, led the ITU in 1897 to win the best working conditions in the American publishing industry — a 48-hour work week and a standard wage scale for all printers in the city. The ITU was also a progressive union, and sought to eradicate discrimination on the basis of race or sex. Women, namely Miss Augusta Lewis, Miss Mary Moore and Miss Eva Howard, were permitted to join the union in 1869, making the ITU one of the first unions to admit female members. In 1906, ITU President James M. Lynch decided to use strong tactics and initiated strikes in most major cities, attempting to secure an eight-hour work day. The union had lost a fight for a nine-hour day a few years earlier; however, this time, the union spent over US$4 million supporting its striking locals. Not only did the ITU win an eight-hour work day, but the ITU strike paved the way for similar gains by the five other printing unions. The ITU was a democratic labor union. Members served a five year apprenticeship and were tested to become journeymen. The Progressives and Independents, gave the union a two party organization..." SEE PHOTOS
CONDITION: Very slight age toning and dust soiling.
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