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| Year | Stories |
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| 1854 | 2 |
| 1858 | 1 |
| 1860 | 1 |
| 1861 | 1 |
| 1862 | 2 |
| 1871 | 2 |
| 1872 | 14 |
| 1876 | 57 |
| 1877 | 65 |
| 1878 | 56 |
| 1879 | 7 |
| 1880 | 21 |
| 1882 | 25 |
| 1883 | 165 |
| 1884 | 159 |
| 1885 | 122 |
| 1886 | 77 |
| 1887 | 75 |
| 1888 | 58 |
| 1889 | 196 |
| 1890 | 37 |
| 1891 | 147 |
| 1892 | 247 |
| 1893 | 261 |
| 1894 | 234 |
| 1895 | 257 |
| 1897 | 9 |
| 1898 | 29 |
| 1899 | 33 |
| 1900 | 6 |
| 1902 | 2 |
| 1903 | 86 |
| 1904 | 73 |
| 1905 | 17 |
| 1907 | 13 |
| 1908 | 73 |
| 1909 | 159 |
| 1910 | 55 |
| 1911 | 7 |
| 1912 | 3 |
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| 1916 | 41 |
| 1917 | 18 |
| 1922 | 3 |
| 1923 | 12 |
| 1924 | 7 |
| 1928 | 1 |
7 stories matching railroad
- Death the Price of a Job
A brutal internal railroad memo reveals that safety rules were meant for legal protection, while speed was the only metric that mattered for keeping a job.
- The Struggle for One Big Union
Labor organizers weigh the merits of craft unions against the rising 'one big union' movement in the railroad industry.
- A Flagman Left Out in the Cold
City council blocks a permit for a shelter at the Great Northern tracks, leaving a worker to face the winter elements alone.
- The High Cost of Efficiency
Labor leader John Mitchell warns that the drive for corporate efficiency and bonus systems is pushing workers toward mental breakdown.
- Deforestation and the Cost of Disaster
An editorial reflection on Everett’s regional flooding, linking unchecked industrial logging to the destruction of homes and property.
- The Firing of a Labor Advocate
Organized labor in Washington wages war on the state labor commissioner after he fires a deputy who actually enforced the law.
- Everett Labor Unions Denounce Arrest of McNamara
Local labor councils pass scathing resolutions condemning the abduction of union officials in the Los Angeles Times bombing case.