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31 stories matching workforc
- Organizing Women in the Industrial Workforce
Labor organizers discuss the rising number of women in the workforce and the urgent need for unionization to secure basic dignity and safety.
- Knights of Labor Force Displacement of Chinese Workers
The Port Blakely Mill Company agrees to terminate its Chinese workforce following organized pressure from local labor groups.
- The Daily Provisions of a Sawmill Town
A look inside the mercantile life of 19th-century Snohomish, where the local market supplied everything from salted pork to imported tobacco to the booming timber workforce.
- The Looming Expulsion of Chinese Workers from Grays Harbor Canneries
As local salmon canneries gear up for the season, the paper notes an ominous understanding regarding the workforce.
- The Floating Saloon vs. the Everett Barge Works
A superintendent at the Everett barge works fights back against a 'floating drink shop' that threatened to demoralize his workforce.
- The Girls Who Walked Out: Seattle’s Hidden Labor War
While the city boasts of its booming manufacturing sector and 'local industry,' a quiet but significant portion of its workforce—women in garment factories—are fighting for survival wages, revealing the stark gender divide in Seattle's economic boom.
- The Tragedy at the Bremerton Wharf
A fatal altercation between two naval shipmates reveals the volatility of racial tensions in the maritime workforce.
- The Eagle Mills Expansion
A major local manufacturer relocates to North Seattle, prioritizing a white, coin-paid workforce.
- The Tin Trust Betrayal: 2,000 Workers Left in the Dark
As Seattle celebrates commencement week and the Spanish-American War heats up, a massive industrial shutdown in nearby Duwamish leaves thousands of families without income.
- The Nighthawk Mine Pushes for Production
With the stamp mill steadily pounding away, the Nighthawk mine increases its workforce to hunt for gold in the mountains.
- The Great Northern Strike Hits a Stalemate
A walkout by railway staff turns into a tense standoff as management attempts to break the union line with 'scab' labor.
- Navy Yard Expansion Promises Jobs Boost
Extensive repairs planned for three major naval vessels at Bremerton are expected to increase the local workforce significantly by mid-summer.
- Women Entering the Shingle Mills
A new industrial experiment in Aberdeen shifts packing labor to women, marking a departure from the male-dominated workforce of the early timber industry.
- Spokane Launches New Vocational School
A new institution aims to train the workforce in everything from steam engineering to business, complete with a student-led employment bureau.
- The Scandal of the Ghost Sewers
A newly appointed Board of Public Works uncovers evidence of rampant incompetence and political patronage in the city's sewer construction project.
- The Forgotten Siege of Franklin
A murder trial reveals the raw nerves of a violent labor conflict between striking miners and those who replaced them.
- Labor Unrest at the Gilman Mines
Miners in Gilman protest a wage reduction, leading to a tense stand-off as the company moves to replace the local workforce.
- The Shadow of the Anti-Chinese Movement
An editorial from 1882 captures the local fervor of the Chinese Exclusion era, warning of an economic 'calamity' should the two races continue to mix in the workforce.
- Help Wanted: The Railroad Boom Outran the Workforce
Crews at Sullivan Creek and Box Canyon needed hundreds more men as clay, springs, and slides slowed the Inland Empire's rail-and-dam boom.
- A Massive Display of Labor Power
Thousands turned out for an expansive parade through Hewitt Avenue to showcase the strength of Everett’s unionized workforce.
- The Chinese Laborers Building Seattle’s Railroad
A reporter visits the line of the Northern Pacific railroad to find the massive, hidden workforce extending the tracks into the city.
- A Haven for Working Women
A newly opened, elegantly furnished hotel designed to provide safe, dignified housing for the city's growing workforce of stenographers, dressmakers, and clerks.
- The Dream of a Working-Class Suburb at Palatine Hill
Promoters marketed the new Palatine Hill addition near Salmon Bay as the ideal, affordable commuter retreat for the city's growing workforce of laborers and mechanics.
- A Safe Haven for Seattle’s Working Women
A new boarding hotel opens in North Seattle to provide dignified housing for the city's growing workforce of business women and students.
- The Unseen Domestic Workforce of 1891 Seattle
A scan of the classifieds reveals a city built on the labor of women seeking work in restaurants, lodging-houses, and private homes.