The Press: Dotted Lines

Last week, the American Newspaper Guild signed contracts with four publishers:

¶In Sioux City, five minutes before the polls closed in Iowa's primary election, Guildsmen in the Tribune sat down in the news room and in the Woodbury County election precincts in which they had been stationed. Within 80 minutes, a contract was signed. Among its provisions: Guild shop for editorial and business office employes, no discharges for economy for four months, vacations with pay after one year's service. Wage schedules, which the Guild refused to incorporate in the contract, were posted on...

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