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4 stories matching august
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- Everett’s Baptism by Fire
After major conflagrations reveal a pathetic water supply, local labor leaders demand a municipal water system.
- The Contract Proof of a Hidden Strike
A labor newspaper exposes the desperate tactics used by the Sumner Iron Works to recruit strikebreakers through shady employment contracts.
- The Fight for Union Standards in Everett
A weekly dispatch from the Everett Labor Council chronicles the ongoing struggle to unionize local workplaces, from restaurants to telephone offices.
- A Final Insult for a Fallen Engineer
After an Everett railroad engineer died in a tragic mountain fall, his employers refused to pay for his transport, offering only a boxcar for the journey home.