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1,293 stories matching worker
- The Everett Street Car Strike
Striking transit workers face off against a 'soulless corporation' as public sympathy mounts against the company's use of hired thugs.
- The Midnight Scavenger of Old Seattle
A modest advertisement for a 'night worker' reveals the grim, necessary sanitation infrastructure of 1880s Seattle.
- The Sawmill Standoff of 1886
A wage dispute at the local lumber mill turns into a community-wide confrontation as workers push back against the industrial titans of Seattle.
- The Judge Who Stood Up to the Injunction
A local Everett judge delivers a fiery defense of the right to strike and critique of the 'injunction' as a tool against labor organization.
- The Struggle Over the Everett Theatre
A labor dispute at the city's premier stage leaves local theatre-goers in the dark, but managers say a fair wage isn't the problem.
- The Laundry Strike Solidifies
Everett labor organizers celebrate the unexpected solidarity between laundry workers and their delivery drivers as the community rallies to the cause.
- Everett Electrical Workers Walk Out
After months of failed negotiations with Stone & Webster management, union electricians strike for higher wages and a recognized collective bargaining agreement.
- The School of Unionism
A young worker discovers the power of collective bargaining when he moves from a non-union shop to a city factory.
- The Snoqualmie Hop Field Massacre
A contract labor dispute turns deadly as vigilantes attack Chinese workers in the Snoqualmie Valley.
- City Hall Grapples with Unemployment
Mayor Ronald and the Advisory Board debate potential relief for Seattle workers while navigating the legal limits of public funds.
- The Nation on the Brink: Rail Workers Push for Eight-Hour Day
As contract negotiations fail, two million workers threaten a total shutdown of the nation's rail system, prompting intervention from President Wilson.
- The Unseen Labor of a Household
A spicy letter from a 'Little Worker' challenges a farm editor’s complaints about the difficulty of finding domestic help.
- Miners Across the Nation Lay Down Their Tools
A massive, sweeping labor walkout arrives in the coal fields, with union leaders claiming over 130,000 workers have joined the protest against wage cuts.
- The Judge Who Refused to Break a Strike
While other courts rushed to silence workers, Judge Henry Caldwell of the U.S. Circuit Court set a radical precedent: railroad workers had the right to strike and the right to be heard.
- Everett Machinists Strike for the Eight-Hour Day
As local metal workers walk off the job, the Chamber of Commerce hides behind 'open shop' rhetoric to suppress the growing union movement.
- The Midnight Laborer of Seattle’s Waterfront
A rare, intimate portrait of a 19th-century 'night worker' advertising his specialized sanitation services in the growing settlement of Seattle.
- The Bitter Fight for Workers' Rights in the 1911 Legislature
A legislative post-mortem reveals how labor advocates clashed with corporate interests over the landmark Workmen's Compensation Act and the battle to end 'first aid' graft.
- Railroad workers fire Chinese employees
The assistant superintendent of the Columbia and Puget Sound Railroad initiates the firing of Chinese laborers along the line to make way for white workers.
- Spruce Workers Win 8-Hour Day
Government mandate establishes new wage agreement for loggers and sawmill workers in Washington and Oregon.
- Labor Looks Back on 1922 and Finds Its Own Strength
The official organ of the Aberdeen Central Labor Council takes stock of a year of strikes — miners, railroad shopmen, and a political awakening — and declares the destiny of labor is in its own keeping.
- The Labor Fight Against Tuberculosis
Everett’s organized labor movement joins a national campaign to combat the 'White Plague,' an occupational disease hitting mill and factory workers the hardest.
- The Grays Harbor Sawmill Strike
The President of the State Federation of Labor details the brutal suppression of striking sawmill workers in Aberdeen and Hoquiam.
- Tragedy in the Basement on Washington Street
A cook and cannery worker, struggling with isolation and mental illness, was found dead in a basement apartment.
- Fruit Industry Faces Tensions as Labor Organization Mobilizes
Farmers and business leaders urge the governor to curb I.W.W. activity as agricultural workers demand an eight-hour day and higher wages.
- The Dust Storm Liberty Loan Drive
While high winds and dust storms battered the valley, Kennewick's volunteer solicitors hit the streets to push the city $10,000 past its wartime bond quota.