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This (interesting) article was posted downthread, and makes it clear that the change wasn't accepted by the union. The good times never were: https://www.nytim
by timr 9y ago
This (interesting) article was posted downthread, and makes it clear that the change wasn't accepted by the union. The good times never were:
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/02/insider/1966-2016-the-last-hot-type-printer-puts-down-his-tools.html https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/02/insider/1966-2016-the-las...
"Staggered by their losses during a 114-day strike led by New York Typographical Union No. 6, from late 1962 to early 1963, the city’s publishers resolved to begin automating their composing rooms as quickly as possible. Just as quickly, the union shops, or “chapels,” began pushing back."
"But it would not be until July 1974 that Big Six and The Times and Daily News reached a landmark agreement. Their new contract freed the publishers to introduce automation, while effectively guaranteeing lifetime job security to 1,785 situation-holders and full-time substitutes, 810 of whom were at The Times"
- raldi 9y agoHuh? That quote says the union negotiated a deal that did exactly what I said it did. The subject of the piece continued to work at the Times for another 38 years, until his voluntary retirement.
- MichaelMoser123 9y agoDuring their work with Linotype they got into close contact with lead, this often leads to lead poisoning. I guess they would have retired relatively early. For all the nostalgia people tend to forget that this stuff was a health hazard. https://rarecachebroadcast.wordpress.com/2015/01/26/linotype-and-lead-poisoning/ https://rarecachebroadcast.wordpress.com/2015/01/26/linotype...
- fabianhjr 9y agoRaldi said that innovation is easier when it is not in conflict with peoples' livelihood; not that innovation shouldn't happen. (Eg, when changing printing methods won't put most workers on the street)
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- timr 9y agoThe first quote says they resisted it. The second says it took them over a decade to reach an agreement. And if you don't believe the quotes, you can read the article, which emphasizes the same thing.