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The Union Times
New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut
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The Columbia Typographical Union, nation's oldest, celebrates 130th anniversary on Jan. 6 in Washington, D.C., with banquet. Founded 1815 as society with 19 members; now 3,309. Claims AFL origins and introduced closed shop, eight-hour day. Guests: Roosevelts, Green, Randolph.
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WASHINGTON - The nation's oldest union, Columbia Typographical union of Washington, D. C., will celebrate its 130th birthday with a banquet here on Jan. 6.
Organized Jan. 7, 1815, the printers were first known as the Columbia Typographical Society but changed to their present name in 1867.
Records show that the union started out with 19 members working a 70-hour week for $9 a week and $10 a week when Congress was in session. Today it has 3,309 members.
Union officials declare that the AFL was an outgrowth of the Typographical union and that their organization introduced both the closed shop and the eight-hour day.
President and Mrs. Roosevelt have been invited to address the banquet. AFL President William Green and Woodruff Randolph, president of the International Typographical Union, will attend.
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Jan. 6; Organized Jan. 7, 1815
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The Columbia Typographical Union celebrates its 130th anniversary with a banquet on Jan. 6 in Washington, D.C. Founded Jan. 7, 1815, as Columbia Typographical Society with 19 members earning $9 weekly (or $10 during Congress sessions) for 70-hour weeks; renamed in 1867, now 3,309 members. Officials claim it birthed AFL and pioneered closed shop and eight-hour day. Invited: President and Mrs. Roosevelt; attendees: William Green and Woodruff Randolph.