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| Year | Stories |
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| 1922 | 1 |
| 1923 | 4 |
5 stories matching progress
- Labor's Third-Party Question: Washington's Federation Chief Reports from Cleveland
After a Seattle paper misreported a vote to launch an independent party, State Federation of Labor president William H. Johnston sets the record straight: organized labor chose to keep working with the A.F. of L. and progressive allies rather than split the vote in 1924.
- Labor’s Legislative Hopes Fade as House Committee Buries Key Bills
A Seattle dispatch reports that Washington’s lumber eight-hour and prevailing-wage bills face defeat, with labor representatives shut out of the committee room.
- 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 Rich Dodge the Tax Collector While the Rest of Us Pay
A labor paper seethes over a Supreme Court ruling that let corporations issue stock dividends tax-free — and demands the working class stop carrying the burden of government.
- The Fund That Grew While the Injured Went Hungry
Washington's 1911 workmen's compensation law was meant to protect the men who built the state. A decade later, the lumber industry was paying less into the accident fund than ever — and injured workers were getting a fraction of what the cost of living demanded.