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122 stories matching boycott
- The Boycott of the 'Stage Irishman': Spokane’s Hibernians Take on Theater
In November 1902, a local committee from the Ancient Order of Hibernians launched an organized campaign to banish caricatures of the Irish race from Spokane stages, threatening boycotts against any theater company that dared to perform them.
- The Open Campaign for Racial Exclusion
A local advertisement explicitly calls for a boycott of Asian-owned businesses in Walla Walla.
- The Great Seattle Newspaper Boycott of 1885
When local liquor interests tried to silence the press for advocating Sunday sobriety, the community drew a line in the sawdust.
- The Health Officer's Boycott
A shipping standoff at the Seattle wharf reveals the messy intersection of port labor, professional fees, and city bureaucracy.
- The Pullman Strike Paralyses Seattle Rail Traffic
Striking railway workers in Seattle join a nationwide boycott against Pullman cars, leading to federal court intervention and military involvement.
- The Price of the Eight-Hour Day
A Seattle merchant faces threats and a physical assault for defying a boycott and keeping his shop open to protect his clerks from sixteen-hour shifts.
- The Forgotten Strike of 1886
As rail workers faced off against the Missouri Pacific Railroad, a local businessman found himself in the crosshairs of a community boycott for his role in the labor dispute.
- Seattle Laborers Call for Boycott
The Workingmen's Club of Seattle organizes to support local widows by targeting businesses employing Chinese labor.
- The Bachelor's Last Stand
A satirical tale of a local men’s club that fined members who dared to fall in love, until a ‘diabolical’ social boycott forced their surrender.
- The French Laundry Placed on 'Unfair' List
A multi-month dispute between the engineers' union and the local laundry service ends with a formal boycott by the Everett Trades Council.
- The Boycott Handbills
After anonymous anti-Chinese handbills appear in Seattle, local laborers write to the Post-Intelligencer to clarify their role—and distance themselves from the movement.
- A Penny War on Second Avenue: Newsboys Arrested After a Boycott
Two newsboys were charged with stealing from a Cherry Street news stand after a fight over the retail price of the weekly World.
- The Railroad Rate That Could Sink a Shingle Mill
As Seattle shingle manufacturers weigh a boycott of the Northern Pacific, they look to the Great Northern—and worry the fight could hit local dealers.
- Labor Council Blacklists Everett Utility Companies
After failing to secure a meeting with management, the local trade union council votes to place Everett Railway & Light and Snoqualmie Light on the official 'unfair' list.
- The 'Unfair' Blacklist of 1910
The Everett Trades Council issues a sweeping blacklist of local businesses and contractors, pressuring workers to boycott those deemed hostile to union interests.
- Union Confrontation at the Cascade Club
Labor organizations challenged the hiring practices of an Everett social club, leading to threats of a boycott.
- Tacoma Merchants Declare War on 'Dead Beats'
Fed up with unpaid tabs, Tacoma retailers organize a boycott committee and a $20 fine system to discipline customers who buy on credit.
- Port Townsend Vows Boycott Over Tacoma's Dry Dock Gambit
The Key City accuses its rival to the south of sabotaging its bid for a stationary dry dock — and threatens to take its trade to Portland and San Francisco instead.
- The 'Rat' Ledger and the Union Strike
After the Tacoma Ledger arbitrarily cut printers' wages by 30 percent, the labor union responded by boycotting the paper and launching a rival daily.
- The 'Charitable' Boycott of Seattle's Chinese Laundries
A Seattle letter writer wants customers to register with charity officials so their washing can be steered to white women—an economic boycott wrapped in the language of neighborly aid.
- The Battle for the Six O'Clock Closing
A group of shoe clerks win a legal victory against their employer after being arrested for protesting late-night store hours.
- The Spectator vs. The Printing Monopoly
A local newspaper sues Seattle printing houses, alleging a secret confederation is boycotting its press work.
- The Strike Against Everett's Power Utilities
Union men organize a boycott against local electric companies to support striking linemen fighting for fair wages.
- The Price of Refusing the Knights of Labor
A Seattle tavern keeper finds his livelihood evaporating after he crosses a powerful labor union, proving the reach of social and economic pressure in 1886.
- The Union Boycott of Everett's Hotels
Traveling union members and state examiners inadvertently patronize hotels blacklisted by local labor organizers.