Wednesday, June 10, 2015
Jim Romenesko retiring -30
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Today in Labor History
June 10 -- Union Communications Services, Inc.
The mayor of Monroe, Mich. organizes a vigilante mob of 1,400 armed with baseball bats and teargas to break the organizing picket line of 200 striking workers at Newton Steel. The line is broken; eight are injured and hospitalized. Sixteen workers' cars were vandalized, five cars overturned, and eight more were dumped into the River Raisin - 1937
U.S. Supreme Court rules in Anderson v. Mt. Clemens Pottery Co. that preliminary work activities, where controlled by the employer and performed entirely for the employer's benefit, are properly included as working time. The decision is known as the "portal to portal case" - 1946
President Kennedy signs a law mandating equal pay to women who are performing the same jobs as men (Equal Pay Act) - 1963
June 09
Helen Marot is born in Philadelphia to a wealthy family. She went on to organize the Bookkeepers, Stenographers and Accountants Union in New York, and to organize and lead the city's 1909-1910 Shirtwaist Strike. In 1912, she was a member of a commission investigating the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire - 1865
June 8
A battle between the Militia and striking miners at Dunnville, Colo., ended with six union members dead and 15 taken prisoner. Seventy-nine of the strikers were deported to Kansas two days later - 1904
A battle between the Militia and striking miners at Dunnville, Colo., ended with six union members dead and 15 taken prisoner. Seventy-nine of the strikers were deported to Kansas two days later - 1904
Spectator mine disaster kills 168, Butte, Mont. - 1917
Some 35,000 members of the Machinists union begin what is to become a 43-day strike—the largest in airline history—against five carriers. The mechanics and other ground service workers wanted to share in the airlines’ substantial profits - 1966
New York City drawbridge tenders, in a dispute with the state over pension issues, leave a dozen bridges open, snarling traffic in what the Daily News described as "the biggest traffic snafu in the city's history" - 1971
June 8
A battle between the Militia and striking miners at Dunnville, Colo., ended with six union members dead and 15 taken prisoner. Seventy-nine of the strikers were deported to Kansas two days later - 1904
A battle between the Militia and striking miners at Dunnville, Colo., ended with six union members dead and 15 taken prisoner. Seventy-nine of the strikers were deported to Kansas two days later - 1904
Spectator mine disaster kills 168, Butte, Mont. - 1917
Some 35,000 members of the Machinists union begin what is to become a 43-day strike—the largest in airline history—against five carriers. The mechanics and other ground service workers wanted to share in the airlines’ substantial profits - 1966
New York City drawbridge tenders, in a dispute with the state over pension issues, leave a dozen bridges open, snarling traffic in what the Daily News described as "the biggest traffic snafu in the city's history" - 1971
Wednesday Afternoon in the Blogosphere
Spotted in Lake Elsinore, California over the weekend
New news reader to replace Newsstand at Apple - Gizmoto
Newspaper delivery man shot at resident - WKMG Orlando
Newspaper delivery man shot at resident - WKMG Orlando
NY Times Lowers Dependence on Traditional Advertising - Zacks
Tribune Media Company Analyst Rating Update - The Daily Rover
Woman delivering newspapers run over by another carrier - KING5
Tribune Publishing’s ‘company’ page is written in Lorem ipsum - Poynter
Investigations editor leaves LA Times after less than a year - LAObserved
Ok, Gannett and Lee Enterprises, You need to stop laying off copy editors - Romenesko
Moberly newspaper dropping carriers in favor of postal delivery - Columbia Daily Tribune
Sunday, June 07, 2015
Today in Labor History
June 07 -- Union Communications Services, Inc.
Militia sent to Cripple Creek, Colo., to suppress Western Federation of Miners strike - 1904
Sole performance of Pageant of the Paterson (N.J.) Strike, created and performed by 1,000 mill workers from the silk industry strike, New York City - 1913
Striking textile workers battle police in Gastonia, N.C. Police Chief O.F. Aderholt is accidentally killed by one of his own officers. Six strike leaders are convicted of “conspiracy to murder” and are sentenced to jail for from five to 20 years - 1929
Founding convention of the United Food and Commercial Workers. The merger brought together the Retail Clerks Int’l Union and the Amalgamated Meatcutters and Butcher Workmen of North America - 1979
(Parliamentary Procedure and Effective Union Meetings: You couldn’t have an effective convention if no one knew how to conduct a meeting. This is a very helpful guide for how to run or participate in a union meeting—not just the formal procedures, but the realities, like how to set an agenda, how to deal with people who just love to hear themselves speak and how to boost attendance, for example.)
(Parliamentary Procedure and Effective Union Meetings: You couldn’t have an effective convention if no one knew how to conduct a meeting. This is a very helpful guide for how to run or participate in a union meeting—not just the formal procedures, but the realities, like how to set an agenda, how to deal with people who just love to hear themselves speak and how to boost attendance, for example.)
The United Steelworkers and the Sierra Club announce the formation of a strategic alliance to pursue a joint public policy agenda under the banner of Good Jobs, A Clean Environment, and A Safer World - 2006
June 06
The U.S. Employment Service was created - 1933
The U.S. Employment Service was created - 1933
A general strike by some 12,000 autoworkers and others in Lansing, Mich., shuts down the city for a month in what was to become known as the city’s “Labor Holiday.” The strike was precipitated by the arrest of nine workers, including the wife of the auto workers local union president: The arrest left three children in the couple’s home unattended - 1937
U.S. President Harry S. Truman and American Federation of Musicians President James Petrillo perform a piano duet at the union’s convention in Asbury Park, N.J. - 1948
Labor Party founding convention opens in Cleveland, Ohio - 1996
June 05
Thirty-five members of the Teamsters, concerned about the infiltration of organized crime in the union and other issues, meet in Cleveland to form Teamsters for a Democratic Union - 1976
(Auditing Local Union Financial Records: Financial misdeeds can be avoided when proper procedures are in place. This easy-to-understand little book is a must-have for every local union trustee and auditor. In the author’s words, it will "provide local union trustees and auditors with the know-how and confidence they need to spot problems so they can be promptly reported and corrected.")
Thirty-five members of the Teamsters, concerned about the infiltration of organized crime in the union and other issues, meet in Cleveland to form Teamsters for a Democratic Union - 1976
(Auditing Local Union Financial Records: Financial misdeeds can be avoided when proper procedures are in place. This easy-to-understand little book is a must-have for every local union trustee and auditor. In the author’s words, it will "provide local union trustees and auditors with the know-how and confidence they need to spot problems so they can be promptly reported and corrected.")
A strike begins at a General Motors Corp. parts factory in Flint, Mich., that spreads and ultimately forces the closure of GM plants across the country for seven weeks. The Flint workers were protesting the removal of key dies from their plant and feared their jobs would be lost. The company ended the dispute by assuring the plant would remain open until at least the year 2000 - 1998
June 04
Massachusetts becomes the first state to establish a minimum wage - 1912
Massachusetts becomes the first state to establish a minimum wage - 1912
The House of Representatives approves the Taft-Hartley Act. The legislation allows the president of the United States to intervene in labor disputes. President Truman vetoed the law but was overridden by Congress - 1947
The AFL-CIO opens its new headquarters building, in view of the White House - 1956
Gov. Jerry Brown signs the California Agricultural Labor Relations Act, the first law in the U.S. giving farmworkers collective bargaining rights. The legislation came after years of effort by the United Farm Workers union - 1975
June 03
Int’l Ladies Garment Workers Union founded - 1900
Int’l Ladies Garment Workers Union founded - 1900
A federal child labor law, enacted two years earlier, was declared unconstitutional - 1918
(The Essential Guide To Federal Employment Laws, 4th edition: Find out what federal laws are on the books in this well-indexed book, updated in 2013, which offers the full text of 20 federal laws affecting workers’ lives, along with plain-English explanations of each. An entire chapter is devoted to each law, explaining what is allowed and prohibited and what businesses must comply.)
(The Essential Guide To Federal Employment Laws, 4th edition: Find out what federal laws are on the books in this well-indexed book, updated in 2013, which offers the full text of 20 federal laws affecting workers’ lives, along with plain-English explanations of each. An entire chapter is devoted to each law, explaining what is allowed and prohibited and what businesses must comply.)
More than 1,000 Canadian men, working at “Royal Twenty Centers” established by the Canadian government to provide work for single, unemployed homeless males during the Great Depression, begin an “On to Ottawa Trek” to protest conditions at the camps. They were being paid 20 cents a day plus food and shelter to build roads, plant trees and construct public buildings - 1935
Saturday, June 06, 2015
Service for Dan Rickley
Dear family and friends,
As promised in Monday's announcement, arrangements for Dan Rickley's memorial have been made. Services will be held on Thursday, June 11th at 1:00 p.m., Rose Hills Memorial Park & Mortuary. The address is 3888 Workman Mill Rd, Whittier, CA 90601.
The specific location for Dan's memorial service is the Hillside Chapel, and to get there please use Rose Hills Gate 17. (If you are at Rose Hills Gate 1, proceed southwest on Workman Mill Road. After two miles, turn left into Gate 17 and follow the Hillside Chapel signs.)
Thanks very much.
The Rickley Family
Friday, June 05, 2015
Tuesday, June 02, 2015
Today in Labor History
June 02 -- Union Communications Services, Inc.
Twenty-six journeymen printers in Philadelphia stage the trade’s first strike in America over wages: a cut in their $6 weekly pay - 1786.
A constitutional amendment declaring that "Congress shall have power to limit, regulate, and prohibit the labor of persons under eighteen years of age" was approved by the Senate today, following the lead of the House five weeks earlier. But only 28 state legislatures ever ratified the amendment—the last three in 1937—so it has never taken effect - 1924
The U.S. Supreme Court rules that President Harry Truman acted illegally when he ordered the Army to seize the nation’s steel mills to avert a strike - 1952
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America and Textile Workers Union of America merge to form Amalgamated Clothing & Textile Workers Union - 1976
Monday, June 01, 2015
Circulation revenue passes ad revenue for first time
"For 2014, circulation generated $92 billion compared to $87 billion for advertising according to a world press trends survey released as WAN-IFRA begins its annual World Congress meeting in Washington."
“' The basic assumption of the news business model — the subsidy that advertisers have long provided to news content — is gone…,' Larry Kilman, secretary-general of WAN-IFRA, commented in a release."
"Despite strong growth in digital subscriptions and advertising, print still provides 93 percent of revenues."
"A total of 2.7 billion people read newspapers in print and another 770 million on desktop digital platforms. "
"A breakdown of average daily time spent with various media:
Smartphone — 97 minutes.
Tablet — 37 minutes.
Television — 81 minutes.
Desktop — 70 minutes.
Radio — 44 minutes.
Print — 33 minutes."
Tablet — 37 minutes.
Television — 81 minutes.
Desktop — 70 minutes.
Radio — 44 minutes.
Print — 33 minutes."
- Brett Levy
Steve Hensch says goodbye to Los Angeles Times
Sent: Monday, June 01, 2015 4:09 PM
To: yyeditlocal
Subject: Farewell message on behalf of Steve Hensch
To: yyeditlocal
Subject: Farewell message on behalf of Steve Hensch
This is from Steve hensch, who retired Thursday.
Thanks, everyone, for the great sendoff, gifts, kind words and page Thursday. And thanks for 27 years of stories big and small, camaraderie and comedy, teamwork and tension, exhilaration and exhaustion.
I won't pretend that every single day was an unalloyed pleasure. Some were at best alloyed pleasures. But I wouldn't change any of them. I will miss you and I wish you the best.
Steve
Monday Afternoon in the Blogosphere
Charisma Church in Pomona, California
Production: Dealing with Out-of-Spec Inserts - Editor and Publisher
The Sun Sentinel made digital a priority. So how’s it going? - Poynter
Austin Beutner: Changing the way we do Business - Los Angeles Times
Finalists of the 57th SoCal Journalism Awards 2015 - Los Angeles Press Club
Media CEOs dominate ranks of highest-paid executives - Smudged Newsprint
Who Wins, Who Loses in a Philly Newspaper Strike? - Philadelphia Magazine
St. Paul Pioneer Press, you should find a way to keep this proud carrier - Romenesko
Digital First Media strikes deal with Gannett to swap newspapers - Contra Costa Times
Time spent reading newspapers worldwide falls over 25% in four years - The Guardian
Today in Labor History
June 01 -- Union Communications Services, Inc.
The Ladies Federal Labor Union Number 2703, based in Illinois, was granted a charter from the American Federation of Labor. Women from a wide range of occupations were among the members, who ultimately were successful in coalescing women’s groups interested in suffrage, temperance, health, housing and child labor reform to win state legislation in these areas - 1888
Union Carpenters win a 25¢-per-day raise, bringing wages for a 9-hour day to $2.50 - 1898
Congress passes the Erdman Act, providing for voluntary mediation or arbitration of railroad disputes and prohibiting contracts that discriminate against union labor or release employers from legal liability for on-the-job injuries – 1898
Nearly 3,500 immigrant miners begin Clifton-Morenci, Ariz., copper strike - 1903
Some 12,500 longshoremen strike the Pacific coast, from San Diego to Bellingham, Wash. Demands included a closed shop and a wage increase to 55¢ an hour for handling general cargo - 1916
As many as 60,000 railroad shopmen strike to protest cuts in wages - 1922
Extinguishing the light of hope in the hearts and aspirations of workers around the world, the Mexican government abolishes siestas—a mid-afternoon nap and work break which lengthened the work day but got people through brutally hot summer days - 1944
Farm workers under the banner of the new United Farm Workers Organizing Committee strike at Texas’s La Casita Farms, demand $1.25 as a minimum hourly wage - 1966
Dakota Beef meatpackers win 7-hour sit-down strike over speed-ups, St. Paul, Minn. - 2000
General Motors filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The filing made the automaker the largest U.S. industrial company to enter bankruptcy protection. It went on to recover thanks to massive help from the UAW and the federal government - 2009
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