Staviteľský Robotník ("The Construction Worker") was a Slovak language biweekly newspaper published from Budapest by the Hungarian Construction Workers Union. It was the first Slovak-language trade union newspaper; the Hungarian Construction Workers Union created the paper due to its substantial Slovak membership.Hans Lemberg. Bildungsgeschichte, Bevölkerungsgeschichte, Gesellschaftsgeschichte in den böhmischen Ländern und in Europa: Festschrift für Jan Havránek zum 60. Geburtstag. Verlag für Geschichte und Politik, 1988. p. 171 Its first issue was published on September 1, 1903, and subsequent publication was sporadic.Duin, Pieter van. Central European Crossroads: Social Democracy and National Revolution in Bratislava (Pressburg), 1867-1921. New York: Berghahn Books, 2009. p. 135 At the time of its founding, the newspaper was published in 1,000 copies. It was a Slovak language version of the Hungarian language publication Épitömunkás.Vera Lengyel. Die Einwirkung der deutschen und österreichischen Sozialdemokratie auf die Arbeiterbewegung in Ungarn bis 1890. Camen, 1980. p. 131
was behind the initiative to launch the publication, and was one of its editors.Slovo. Proti dvojakému útlakuEmil Janotka. Pod Kriváňom Pribylina. Obecný úrad, 1994. p. 112 Ludwig Belényesi was the chief editor of the newspaper.Miloš Gosiorovský. Dejiny slovenského robotníckeho hnutia, 1848-1918. Slovenské vydavatel'stvo politickej literatury, 1958. p. 353 Sándor Garbai was the publisher of the newspaper. Staviteľský robotník frequently praised the struggle of the Russian proletariat.Pavel Hapák. Prehl'ad dejín KSČ na Slovensku. Pravda, 1971. p. 72
It was printed at the Világosság Printing House.Magyar könyvkereskedök évkönyve, Volume 23. Magyar Könyvkereskedök Egylete, 1913. p. 248 Subscriptions were priced at 4.80 Austro-Hungarian krone. The publication of the newspaper ended in 1907.Ondrej Pavlík. Pedagogická encyklopédia Slovenska, Volume 1. Veda, 1984. p. 646
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