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- Sep 2, 1889The First Labor Day Parade in SeattleThousands of Seattle workers marched through the downtown streets on September 2, 1889, in the city’s inaugural celebration of the labor movement.Second Street, Seattle, WA
- Jan 16, 1893Printers Organize a Pacific Northwest UnionRegional labor delegates meet in Olympia to consolidate power and push for standardized representation across state lines.Olympia, WA
- Nov 29, 1893The Fake Evening HeraldA morning newspaper launches a sham evening edition to monopolize city printing contracts through a loophole in the city charter.Seattle, WA
- Apr 23, 1895The Ghost of the Seattle Enterprise: Stockholders Escape a Dead Newspaper's DebtsA receiver's long-running suit against 85 subscribers to the failed Seattle Enterprise collapses in court, but not before the paper's brief, fiery life is recalled — complete with a building-bulging press and a strike by its own printers.Seattle, WA
- Jun 17, 1910The Broken Promises of County PrintingEverett printers expose how local officials ignored campaign pledges to keep public work union-contracted.Everett, WA