Philadelphia Typographical Union 2 (Pa.)

The Philadelphia Typographical Union No. 2 (PTU) evolved from unrest among local journeymen printers. After formally organizing into a union the members aided in establishing a National Union for typographical workers. 137 years after PTU's inception the International Typographical Union (ITU) merged with CWA to form the Printing, Publishing and Media Workers Sector and PTU eventually became known as Local 14199.

Activities of the union included: Apprenticeship program begun in 1857, National Fund established in 1867 to compensate striking workmen, Union Employment Office and Reading Room created in 1879; various Boycott, Management and Financial Committees; Child Care Programs begun in 1943; New Processes Training Center of PTU opened in 1957; Political Education Groups (Labor League for Political Education organized in 1948 and joined with CIO's Political Action Committee in 1956 to form Committee on Public Education (COPE).

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