
International Typographical Union
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N 39° 06.243 W 084° 31.135
16S E 714540 N 4331254
Historical marker giving information on the organization of a union located in front of Cincinnati City Hall.
Waymark Code: WM420N
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 06/25/2008
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Text of marker:
International
Typographical Union
On May 5, 1852, delegates from printers societies in name states met here and
formed the International Typographical Union. Held in old City Hall,
the meeting concluded an effort begun in 1835 when Cincinnati's Franklin
Typographic Society proposed a national organization of printers. In 1845,
the city's printers formed a local union which was chartered as Cincinnati
Typographical Union No. 3 when the ITU was created. In 1980 the ITU was
the oldest existing labor union in the United States.