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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1909 | 9 |
| 1910 | 15 |
| 1911 | 6 |
| 1912 | 6 |
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- The Manufacturer's Trap
A labor paper exposes the duplicitous correspondence of a prominent industrialist plotting to break union agreements.
- Military Band vs. Union Labor
The federal government is accused of strike-breaking by allowing Army musicians to perform at a Seattle dance academy that refused to hire union members.
- Everett Laborites Rally for Grays Harbor Strikers
Protest meeting held at Liberty Hall condemns the treatment of workers and union organizers during the Grays Harbor shingle weaver struggle.
- The Camera as a Weapon on the Picket Line
Local machinists are using photography to document and shame strikebreakers in their ongoing eight-hour day strike.
- Switchmen's Strike Tightens Its Grip on Northwest Freight
Despite railroad claims that operations are normal, the American Federation of Labor steps in to support the striking switchmen as shipping remains at a standstill.
- Secret Police Powers
A labor critique of the 'wholesale granting' of secret police stars to strike-breakers at the local iron works.
- The True Cost of Breaking a Strike
Financial reports from the Union Pacific reveal the heavy price corporations pay to replace union labor with forced, guarded workers.
- The Strikebreakers Who Became Policemen
During a four-month strike at Sumner Iron Works, Everett's police commission armed strikebreakers with police authority—and the Labor Journal demanded to know who was protecting whom.
- The Battle for the Great Northern Depot
Everett union workers clash with Seattle tradesmen over strike-breaking at a local railway site.
- The Price of Bread: A Judicial Question
After two boys were sentenced to the reformatory for stealing food, an Everett editor questions whether the legal system truly serves justice or merely punishes the desperate.
- The Strike-Breakers of Sumner Iron Works
The Labor Journal calls out three specific workers who crossed the picket line to keep the machines running.
- The Unspoken Code of the Union Card
When a worker breaks his word to an employer, he does more than lose a job—he tarnishes the reputation of every laborer in the city.
- The Unbroken Line of Everett Machinists
Striking workers at the Sumner Iron Works receive community support as union solidarity continues to hold.
- Street Brawl and the Policing of Pickets
A physical confrontation between strikers and scabs on Everett's streets highlights the volatile nature of labor disputes and the bias of local law enforcement.
- The Art of the Industrial Squeeze
How the Steel Trust uses deliberate idleness and wage competition to break unions and keep workers in poverty.
- Printers Wage War Against Congressman Humphrey
Everett’s typographical union breaks precedent to endorse a candidate for Congress in protest over the wood pulp tariff.
- The Fight Over the 'Injunction' Weapon
Andrew Furuseth, leader of the International Seamen’s Union, argues that courts are misusing injunctions to break strikes and dismantle the rights of workers.
- Railroad Profits vs. Living Wages
While railway magnates plead poverty to block pay increases for switchmen, their own financial reports reveal a surplus that tells a different story.
- The Professional Strike-Maker
Clarence O. Pratt, a master of strategy, is rewriting the rulebook on labor disputes by trading brickbats for public opinion and the power of organized unity.
- Machinists Break the 'Open Shop' Blockade
A Seattle manufacturing firm finds their 'non-union' waiting list empty, forced to return to the union to keep their machinery running.
- The Machine Behind the Badge
Striking Everett machinists allege that local industry and the police have merged, with company men serving as 'special police' to suppress picket lines.
- Why Do We Pity the Rich Criminal?
An editorial questioning the double standard applied to wealthy fraudster C. D. Hillman compared to the swift punishment of the poor.
- 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 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.
- Everett Labor Joins Nationwide Rebellion Against U.S. Steel
Local union leaders rally to the national call to challenge the 'autocratic domination' of the steel industry as conflict over the open shop reaches a breaking point.