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5 stories matching workday

  1. Senate Rejects Eight-Hour Workday for Women

    Legislators kill labor reform, prioritizing industrial profits over the well-being of working women.

    Mar 4, 1909The Tacoma TimesOlympia, Thurston CountyWork & Pay

  2. City's Eight-Hour Law Survives Legal Challenge

    A local court rules that the city of Tacoma can enforce its eight-hour workday mandate against a construction firm's protest.

    Sep 17, 1904The Tacoma TimesTacoma, Pierce CountyWork & Pay

  3. The Fight for an Eight-Hour Workday

    Legislators face intense pressure from local business owners to defeat a bill that would limit working hours for women.

    Feb 2, 1909The Tacoma TimesOlympia, Thurston CountyWork & Pay

  4. Three Votes Kill Washington's Eight-Hour Day for Women—Then a Fight Nearly Breaks Out

    A bill to shorten women's workdays from ten hours to eight died in the Olympia house after a cannery exemption and a corridor confrontation between two lawmakers.

    Feb 16, 1909The Tacoma TimesOlympia, Thurston CountyWork & Pay · City Hall

  5. Sewer Workers Strike for Eight-Hour Day

    Laborers on a Twenty-ninth Avenue sewer project successfully force a return to the eight-hour workday against contractor pressure.

    Aug 24, 1904The Tacoma TimesMadison Street, Front Street, Yesler Avenue, Seattle, King CountyWork & Pay

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