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15 stories matching fieri
- The Lumber Barons and the 'Request' to Quit the Union
A fiery editorial from The Labor Journal exposes the intimidation tactics used by mill owners to keep workers from organizing.
- The Price of Five Cents an Hour
A labor organizer’s fiery speech in Everett challenges the exploitation of women workers and demands legislative protection for their health.
- 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 Eight-Hour Day as a Moral Mandate
A fiery editorial argues that the eight-hour movement is the most significant moral and social reform of the age, transcending the 'superior intelligence' of lawyers and editors.
- The War on Judicial Immunity
A fiery editorial from the Everett Labor Journal challenges the 'aristocracy of power' wielded by the judiciary, arguing for the right of the public to recall judges.
- The Judiciary vs. The Industrial Worker
A fiery critique of judicial interference in workers' compensation laws, framing court-made obstacles as a betrayal of popular rights.
- Labor Leaders Defy Court Power
A fiery speech by John Mitchell of the United Mine Workers at the A. F. of L. convention sparks a debate on the constitutionality of the federal judiciary's power to silence activists.
- The Anatomy of a 'Quitter' in the Labor Movement
A fiery editorial from the era defines the unionist's ideal of solidarity—and the absolute contempt reserved for those who broke ranks.
- City Hall Battle Over City Wires
A fiery public confrontation between the Mayor and the City Council leads to the death of an ordinance designed to move unsightly and dangerous power poles underground.
- Everett Labor Union Defies Federal Judiciary Over Free Speech
In a fiery resolution, the Central Labor Union of Everett declares Judge Daniel T. Wright's injunctions against union leaders an unconstitutional assault on American liberty.
- The State Labor Federation’s Clarion Call
Washington State Federation of Labor President Charles R. Case decries court-sanctioned 'money rule' and calls for a worker-led revolution through direct legislation.
- The Socialist Pitch: Why Your Job Isn't Yours
W.W. Smith, a local iron moulder, makes a fiery case that workers are voting against their own interests by supporting party-line politicians who represent the interests of the 'match trust' and the law-industrial complex.
- The Timber Monopoly Holding Everett Hostage
A fiery editorial calls out the Puget Mill Company for hoarding vast tracts of land and artificially inflating timber prices while ignoring the welfare of the local community.
- The War on Labor’s Press
A fiery editorial calls out C.W. Post for his attempts to silence organized labor by pressuring publishers to refuse their advertising.
- The Socialist Civil War
A fiery dispatch from Spokane exposes a rift within the Socialist Party over internal discipline, alleged corruption, and the fight for union labor in city government.