Customer Demand for Unionized Printing Companies Still Remains Strong

Tim Burton, company president, notes that his company has an advantage when it comes to bidding on work for political and advertising clients who require the union bug. Ballot printing has been a growth area and, like Inland Press, Burton & Mayer's wages are very comparable to open shops.

"The union has negotiated that area reasonably with us," Burton notes. "With the health insurance and pensions, we're probably paying more than non-union shops. And the pensions, that whole situation with being under-funded...it's an issue we have to deal with."