Central Labor Council
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- Jun 6, 1903The Six O'Clock Closing BattleWalla Walla retail clerks organized to fight for a 6:00 p.m. closing time against a local firm's refusal to modernize.Walla Walla, WA
- May 6, 1909Tacoma’s Grocery Trust Fails to Kill Public MarketAfter intense lobbying from the Retail Grocers' association to dismantle the D Street market, citizens and the Central Labor Council force the city council to back down and preserve the farmers' market.D Street, Tacoma, WA
- Aug 27, 1909The Rule That Told Workingmen to Keep Out of PoliticsEverett's Labor Journal goes after Roosevelt's civil service order, arguing that machinists and mechanics in government shops are muzzled while partisan appointees run the machine — and quotes Grover Cleveland back at the administration to prove it.Everett, WA
- Nov 5, 1909The Price of a Union HamEverett labor organizers spar with the Carstens Packing Company, demanding a city-wide boycott of the firm's meat products.Everett, WA
- May 27, 1910The Laundry Strike SolidifiesEverett labor organizers celebrate the unexpected solidarity between laundry workers and their delivery drivers as the community rallies to the cause.Everett, WA
- Jun 18, 1914Memorial Day Protest Stirs Veterans' IreA clash over memory and patriotism erupts in Seattle when labor activists equate the 'martyrs' of the Haymarket and Ludlow riots with war veterans.Seattle, WA
- Jan 26, 1923Labor Council Meets: Strikers' Relief, a Labor Press, and the Boy ScoutsHoquiam's Central Labor Council gathers to fund a sick striking carman, cheer its improving Labor Press, and seat delegates on Aberdeen's new Scout council.Hoquiam, WA