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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1909 | 4 |
| 1910 | 2 |
| 1911 | 2 |
| 1912 | 3 |
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- The Parasite Trade: Fighting the Employment Sharks
A scathing report to the State Federation of Labor exposes how corrupt employment agencies trap migratory laborers in a cycle of debt and exploitation.
- The Lumber Town That Held Worker's Luggage Hostage
A Grays Harbor mill company is exposed for a predatory scheme that left hundreds of laborers stranded without their personal belongings.
- The Prohibitionist's Flip-Flop
A key Everett anti-saloon organizer publicly declares local option a failure, calling for high license fees instead.
- The Price of Industrial Progress
As Washington’s new worker compensation law takes hold, the local union paper tallies the first injuries in Everett’s mills.
- Doctors Lobby for Higher Fees in New Insurance Law
A meeting of longshoremen and medical professionals in Tacoma reveals that the new state compensation act is being used to settle professional grievances.
- Local Socialists Shun Haywood's Price Tag
Everett’s socialist organizers refuse to bring the radical labor leader to town, citing his demand for a $25 speaking fee as 'plutocratic.'
- The Struggle for Industrial Safety
C.R. Case explains the new Washington Workman’s Compensation Act, meant to end the era of predatory insurance companies.
- The True Cost of Industrial Life in Washington
A scathing look at why injured workers in 1910 were left destitute by a legal system that favored insurance companies over human lives.
- Shingle Weavers Wage 'Relentless War' in Hoquiam
A militant annual convention in Sedro-Woolley votes to expand jurisdiction and targets the Hoquiam Lumber & Shingle Co. for industrial action.
- The Vultures of the Job Market
Everett labor organizers expose the predatory practices of private employment agencies that steal from the city's most vulnerable job seekers.
- The Case for Ending Local Option Prohibition
A 1909 editorial argues that 'local option' is an ineffective, demoralizing policy and suggests an elected board of excise commissioners as a better way to regulate the liquor trade.