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Into the composing room of Barcelona's La Vanguardia Espanola rushed plump Publisher Luis de Galinsoga, ordering compositors to restore his name to the paper's masthead. The compositors refused. "Do as I say," cried Galinsoga. "I'm still director of La Vanguardia." Replied the chief compositor: "Not any more you aren...
...half editorial, half other categories), the Guild guarantees today's journeyman reporter a good minimum wage-$157.10 a week on the New York Daily News, $136 on the Los Angeles Herald-Express, $105 on the Indianapolis Times. And his security is as thoroughly bolted as any blue-collar compositor's. Typically, he gets severance pay, three weeks' paid vacation a year, paid sick leave, a pension, a 40-hour week or less, and the contractual right to arbitrate his grievances with the boss...
...Detroit, if a compositor works so much as a minute into his lunch period, he gets time and a half for the whole period. A printshop employee, if not notified of a change in his shift before leaving the plant, gets $2 extra "callin" pay-plus overtime until the start of his regular shift...
...Francisco, if a compositor works a minute past 6 p.m., he must be paid a premium night rate for his entire daytime shift...
...paper's handsome, five-story building, where a new $770,000 press was being installed last week, Bretscher presides over a staff of 375 employees. Its spotless composing room is lined with plants that each compositor cares for himself. Swiss frugality is in evidence all over its building. Says a sign on the elevator: "Young persons can well afford to walk up at least two floors." While the paper has 250 Swiss stockholders, it is run virtually as a public trust: no stockholder may hold more than 3% of the stock. The paper's international readership attracts advertisers...