Jubilee of the London Society of Compositors. A Brief Record of Events Prior to and Since Its Re-establishment in 1848
Jubilee of the London Society of Compositors. A Brief Record of Events Prior to and Since Its Re-establishment in 1848

Author: London Society of Compositors

Publisher: Legare Street Press

Published: 2023-07-18

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781019906446

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This 19th century history of the London Society of Compositors provides a fascinating glimpse into the working conditions and labor struggles of the printing industry. With detailed accounts of strikes and negotiations, as well as profiles of notable members of the Society, this book is a valuable resource for anyone interested in the history of organized labor. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Jubilee of the London Society of Compositors
Jubilee of the London Society of Compositors

Author: London Society of Compositors

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-01-21

Total Pages: 174

ISBN-13: 9780243115860

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Excerpt from Jubilee of the London Society of Compositors: A Brief Record of Events Prior to and Since Its Re-Establishment in 1848 The sixth paragraph states that the reference made to the increased labour on newspapers, in consequence of the introduction of small letter, is unjust, is absurd, and we cannot understand how they could allow so unfounded a complaint to escape them. The proprietors have always paid, and paid smartly too, for this intro duction. The compositors have limited hours of em ployment, limited quantities of work, and they compose only one number of letters, whether small or large, agreeablv to the universal rule of the business. The eighth recommended that the false assertions, ground less complaints, and extravagant pretensions of the compositors should be met by a firm and determined resistance, and for fear that they (the compositors) should be intoxicated bv success to demand double12 London Society of Compositors. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.