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12 stories matching lockout
- Street Car Strike Becomes a Lockout
The Seattle streetcar strike has shifted into a lockout, with the company resuming normal operations despite union efforts.
- The Federal Labor Agent Who Walked Seattle’s Strike Map
In 1895, a U.S. Labor Department investigator arrived to untangle seven years of strikes and lockouts—and expected his hardest case in the Coeur d’Alene mines.
- Coal Strike Stalls Renton Mines
Two hundred fifty miners are out of work after refusing a significant wage cut, threatening the economic stability of the town.
- The Roslyn Coal Miners' Battle for Fair Wages
Miners in Roslyn reject a company-imposed wage cut, sparking a standoff in the town's coal fields.
- The Landlord's Coup: A Woman’s Restaurant Seized by Force
In a bold display of property rights and gender dynamics in 1888 Seattle, Mrs. Mary Ostedberg took to the justice court after William Brown forcibly evicted her from the St. Elmo restaurant she had leased.
- The Tacoma Typographical Union Declares War
Local printers launch a total and rigorous boycott against the Tacoma Ledger, accusing it of undermining labor and importing 'scab' and contract labor.
- Seattle Longshoremen Fight to Save Their Union
Workers speak out against a Pacific Coast Steamship Company lockout intended to dismantle their collective bargaining power.
- Longshoremen and Strike-Breakers Clash on the Docks
Tensions boil over as union members and non-union laborers brawl at the Ocean Dock in Seattle.
- The Tacoma Ledger Lockout
After importing non-union machine typesetters, the Ledger faces a strike and a new rival daily paper born from the printer's union.
- The Great Baptist Church Lockout
When an internal church feud in 1887 led to gas being turned off, keys being withheld, and a locksmith called to secure the pulpit against the congregation's dissenters.
- The Lawyer Locked Out
A prominent Tacoma politician finds himself stranded on the street in his gym clothes after a drafty gymnasium door leaves him quite exposed.
- The Newcastle Lockout: When Knights of Labor Shut Down the Mine
A bitter dispute over union recognition and foreman selection turned violent in Newcastle, Washington, as miners refused to work under non-union leadership and arrested rioters.