170 years ago today - Jan 13, 1855

[Utah labor unions]

On 13 January 1855 a formalized Typographical Association of Deseret was organized, consisting only of Mormon typographers, who were associated with the church-owned Deseret News. Phineas Young, a brother of Brigham Young, and a local church leader in his own right, was its first president. Involved with the association over the next few years were a number of other church leaders including some apostles and a future church president, Wilford Woodruff.

[Utah History Encyclopedia: Labor in Utah, http://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/]

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