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
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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Approx. 50 items. Materials include: two booklets, "Know the Facts," and "Just the Facts," providing financial data designed to convince pressmen to support LAT in the election; memos, form letters, flyers, cartoon strips, etc. in support of LAT being union-free; copies of two LAT news brief, 3/18/1967, "Union chosen agent by Times pressmen," and "Pressmen at Times OK union pact."
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Approx. 65 items, including: memos, letters, flyers and reports related to union efforts to organize pressmen at LAT and the newspaper's efforts to fend off the unions. Both sides issued carefully worded statements (or propaganda) to sway the pressmen.
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Approx. 45 items. Materials include: various memos, form letters, flyers, originating with Times Mirror and with the Pressmen's Union. Times Mirror-produced materials urge pressmen not to "fall under the control of Local 18," while the union materials urge the pressmen to "stand with your fellow pressmen" under union representation: copies of 3-part series in Nation's Business, (11/1966 - 1/1967), "What to do when the union knocks"; related materials.
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Manuscripts
Correspondence pertaining to Union and activities and the Pressmen. which includes copies of the agreement reached. Split into two folders.
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