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The Butler County Press
Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio
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Newark Typographical Union reaches agreement with local newspapers for $6.65 weekly wage increase for compositors to $51.65 for five-day week, effective July 6, matching 1929 scale; one-year contract on six-day basis.
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NEWARK PRINTERS
Newark, N. J. (ILNS)--Wages of newspaper compositors will be $51.65 for a five-day week under an agreement reached by the wage scale committee of Newark Typographical Union and the Newark Evening News, Newark Star-Eagle, Newark Morning Ledger and Newark Sunday Call.
This represents an increase of $6.65 a week. The contract signed is on a six-day basis as provided in International Typographical Union rules, the worker nominating a substitute for the sixth day as a means of distributing employment.
The new scale equals the 1929 scale. It is operative from July 6 at daily wages of $10.33, with 50 cents additional for the night shift and $1 additional for the third shift. The new contract will run for one year.
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Newark, N. J.
Event Date
July 6
Outcome
wages increased by $6.65 a week to $51.65 for a five-day week; daily wages $10.33, plus 50 cents for night shift and $1 for third shift; contract runs for one year on a six-day basis with substitute for sixth day.
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Agreement reached by wage scale committee of Newark Typographical Union and Newark Evening News, Newark Star-Eagle, Newark Morning Ledger, and Newark Sunday Call for newspaper compositors' wages.