Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Manuscripts
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
Approx. 6 items: stapled, 53-pp. "Agreement between The Times Mirror Company and International Printing Pressmen & Assistants' Union of North America, AFL-CIO and..." ; several related items.
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Manuscripts
One copy of the entire pressroom contract: "Agreement between The Times Mirror Company and International Printing Pressmen & Assistants' Union of North America, AFL-CIO, and its subordinate union, L.A. Newspaper Web Printing Pressmen's Union No. 18." (dated 8/7/1967)
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Approx. 45 items. Materials include: LAT materials--memos, open letters, flyers--aimed at discouraging pressroom employees from supporting union representation. An LAT article (copy in folder) for 6/29/1963 was headlined "Pressmen vote against union at L.A. Times." The story read, in part, "Pressmen at (LAT) have voted 202 to 187 against the AFL-CIO International Printing Pressmen and Assistant's Union Local 18 as their bargaining agent....The pressmen voted for the union in an NLRB election in April, 1962, but 58 subsequent negotiation meetings failed to bring about a contract agreement...In April the pressroom employees petitioned the NLRB for a new election..."
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Approx. 50 items, including: planning materials, guest lists and other items related to Thomas' hosted lunches at Times Mirror Square (Director's Suite and Norman Chandler Pavilion). Notable names on the guest lists: William Webster (FBI), Rose Bird (Chief Just., CA Supreme Ct.), Warren Christopher (Dpt. Sec. of State), George Meany (Pres. - AFL-CIO), Tom Lasorda (Dodgers manager), Lane Kirkland (AFL-CIO), Nguyen Cao Ky (ex-Vietnam Prime Minister), Abba Eban (Israel), Simcha Dinitz (Israeli Ambassador to U.S.), more.
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1 item: 64-pp. booklet, "A survey of press freedom in Latin America, 1985 - 1986," compiled by The Council on Hemispheric Affairs and The Newspaper Guild (AFL-CIO, CLC), 12/1986.
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Approx. 20 items. Materials include: 3-pp. letter (8/2/1967) addressed "Fellow Pressmen," from "Times Open Shop Committee"; 3-pp. letter (8/11/1967) from Otis Chandler to "Times Employees," reading in part, "I would like to make sure you understand the effect of this agreement [with the Pressman's Union]"; copy, 53-pp., "Proposed Agreement between The Times Mirror Company and International Printing Pressmen..." 7/25/1967; 57-pp. Company counterproposal," dated 5/2/1967; letters exchanged between TM executives and legal firm of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker; progress reports on negotiations; 1-pp. chart, 5/11/1967, "Mgmn't Services - Press Room Study - Observation Schedule; etc.
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