Collective Bargaining Among Photo-Engravers in Philadelphia : Ordinary Methods Applied to an Occupation Which Is Both an Art and a Manual Trade

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas. FOREWORD PREFACE CONTENTS CHARTS. TABLES I. APPLICATION OF PHOTO-MECHANICAL MEANS TO ENGRAVING II. ECONOMIC FEATURES AFFECTING LABOR RELATIONS IN THE INDUSTRY III. GROWTH OF SOLIDARITY OF THE UNION IV. GROWTH AND ACTIVITIES OF THE EMPLOYERS’ ORGANIZATIONS V. FORMULATION OF LOCAL AGREEMENTS VI. NATURE OF THE DISPUTES ARISING IN PHILADELPHIA VII. METHODS USED FOR THE SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES IN THE PHOTO-ENGRAVING INDUSTRY IN PHILADELPHIA VIII. SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN CONDITIONS OF WORK WITH WHICH COLLECTIVE BARGAINING HAS BEEN CONCERNED IX. CONCLUSIONS