International Typographical Union

It changed its name to the International Typographical Union at its Albany, New York, convention in 1869 after it began organizing members in Canada.Typographers were educated, economically mobile, and in every major urban center with newspapers, and they had the unique possibility to influence publicity in favour of their cause.During the Great Depression, the ITU introduced the 40-hour work week across the industry at no cost to employers as a way to share the fewer jobs available.That ITU initiative spread to other unions and has since been codified across the labor sector by federal legislation in the US establishing the 40-hour work week.In 1986, a majority of ITU mailers voted to merge with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and the remaining typographers joined the Communications Workers of America.A committee led by John Keyser of Philadelphia was formed to investigate issues and propose a plan of action.ITU Law dictated that dues, which were proportionate to the amount of work done in the chapel, had to be paid by the first Tuesday after the last Saturday of the month.A national convention in Philadelphia in November 1900 saw the photoengravers leaving the ITU and establishing the International Photo-Engravers Union of North America.In 1903, ITU President James M. Lynch, persuaded William Randolph Hearst to start a rival paper, the Los Angeles Examiner.Joseph J. Mc Namara, secretary-treasurer of the International Union of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers placed a bomb in the L.A. Times building, killing 21 people.In the American Federation of Labor (AFL) presidential election of 1881, William H. Foster of the ITU defeated Samuel Gompers.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.In 1907, ITU President James M. Lynch appointed a special committee, "to formulate some system for the technical trade education of our members and apprentices."In 1914, ITU President James M. Lynch resigned, appointed by Governor Martin H. Glynn as New York State Commissioner of Labor.Many printers in the New York "Big 6" Local, saw the political appointment, a way to remove Lynch from dealing with newspaper publishers.As the Great Depression created a crisis for American workers, the ITU joined with other unions in the AFL to agitate for more organizing.At the 1938, ITU convention at Birmingham, Alabama, President Claude M. Baker disclosed to the delegates the decision of the AFL.Newspaper publishers called for aid from the authors of the law, US Senator Robert A. Taft (R.-Ohio) and Congressman Fred A. Hartley, Jr. (R.-New Jersey) The ITU and Woodruff Randolph won in Chicago.At the same time United States Senator John McClellan (D.-AR) was investigating organized crime in labor unions.When Dave Beck, president of the Teamsters, resigned in 1957—near the time of Randolph's statement of retirement—many ITU members wondered about their long-time leader.The new ITU President Elmer Brown meekly appeared before the US Senate Select Committee on Improper Activities in Labor and Management.With the disappearance of linotype machines and the advent of paste makeup and computerized composition methods, the work in the composing rooms dropped.The ITU executive council subsequently required president Robert McMichen to enter into merger talks with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.On May 5, 1852: Chartered later in 1852: A group of thirty men met to organize the Columbia Typographical Society in Washington, DC in December 1814.[citation needed] At the Kansas City ITU convention of 1888, Indianapolis was selected as the official headquarters for the International Typographical Union.The lands of the home grew to 260 acres (1.1 km2) to accommodate a dairy, farms, gardens, power plant, and workshops to help make the UPH self-sufficient.In February 2020, the local press and media reported the State of Colorado had shut down the facility, citing numerous violations.The mailers were allowed to vote in 1930 for their MTDU representative; John Mc Ardle and Harold Mitchell served in 1934.After many heated arguments with ITU President Howard and Secretary Randolph, Roberts became committed to a separate mailer union.ITU President Woodruff Randolph saw a way to appease mailers returning after service in World War II.
The International Brotherhood of Bookbinders in Salt Lake City , Utah, in 1908
International Typographical Union exhibit at the Alaska–Yukon–Pacific Exposition , Seattle, 1909
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