Document Concerning the Printers' Strike in Jerusalem – December 1908 – The first Jewish Workers Strike in Eretz Israel

A memorandum, summary of a "delegates" from Jaffa meeting about the printers' strike in Jerusalem. December 7, 1908. Rashi script.
A short, handwritten, document summarizing the meeting held in view of the printers' strike in Jerusalem. The document announces the establishment of a committee consisting of the members Yhiel Michal Piness, Antebi, David Yellin, Hagiz, Manni and others. Signed (by hand): Nachman Batito, Avrham Philosoph, Yoel Moshe Salomon, Mordechai Ben Hillel HaCohen (who was one of the intermediaries to bring the strike to an end), Yehiel Michal Piness, David Yellin, Israel Dov Frumkin and others. The strike was led by Yitzchak Ben-Zvi and Rachel Yana'it Ben-Zvi following the beating of a printer and was accompanied by demonstrations against the Arab and Jewish owners of printing presses who abused the workers and humiliated them. [1] Leaf 29 cm. Good condition. Folding-marks, minor tears at borders, filing-holes.