Brooklyn Citizen

The Brooklyn Citizen is a former newspaper serving Brooklyn in New York City from 1887–1947.[1][2] It became influential under editor Andrew McLean (1848-1922), a Scottish immigrant from Renton, West Dunbartonshire. Its offices were located at Fulton and Adams Streets[3] near Borough Hall in Downtown Brooklyn, in a section of buildings later demolished for the construction of Cadman Plaza.[4]

Distribution

By 1912, ninety percent of the Citizen's distribution went to Brooklyn homes.[5] In 1942/1943, daily circulation totaled 31,000.[6]

Union conflicts

Staff were involved in a major strike in 1894, alongside staff from The Brooklyn Ties and The Brooklyn Standard Union who were all members of the Brooklyn Typographical Union No. 98; almost all 75 typesetters at the Brooklyn Citizen went on strike. As a result of this strike, circulation of the Citizen fell by one third.[7]

In 1943, employees sought union recognition through the Newspaper Guild of New York, of the American Newspaper Guild. The Citizen refused to recognize the union, and the National Labor Relations Board ruled that an election must be held and recognized by the newspaper in September 1943.[6]

References
  1. "The Brooklyn Citizen Quits After 61 Years". The New York Times. 1947-08-30. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-10-21.
  2. "Guide to the Brooklyn Historical Society newspaper collection ARC.258". dlib.nyu.edu. Retrieved 2019-10-21.
  3. "Matter of Brooklyn Citizen, 1 Misc. 2d 162 | Casetext". casetext.com. Retrieved 2019-10-21.
  4. Suzanne, Spellen. "Past and Present: Downtown Brooklyn in 1901". www.brownstoner.com. Retrieved 2019-10-21.
  5. Brooklyn Blue Book. Brooklyn Life Publishing Company. 1912.
  6. National Labor Relations Board - Board DecisionsSep 17, 1943 52 N.L.R.B. 673 (N.L.R.B. 1943)
  7. Mendel, Ronald (2003). "A Broad and Ennobling Spirit": Workers and Their Unions in Late Gilded Age New York and Brooklyn, 1886-1898. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 9780313321344.


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