Labor Boycott Divides Tacoma Merchants
The Women's Auxiliary of the Trades Council is pressuring city merchants to drop advertising in a boycotted newspaper.
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At the meeting today of the woman's auxiliary boycott committee of the Trades Council, a report was made stating that the merchants of the city who advertise with the boycotted Ledger had stated that they would either withdraw their advertisements or were bound up by contracts which they could not annul at this time. The women decided to hold a meeting Tuesday, which the advertisers in the boycotted paper will be invited to attend, to see if ways and means can be devised to withdraw support from the objectionable publication. A final resort was discussed, being that they select certain stores where the sympathizers with organized labor could trade, or else to accept a proposition made by a hostile firm to pay the fares of those who come there to trade, provided their purchases were above a certain stated amount.
“The women decided to hold a meeting Tuesday... to see if ways and means can be devised to withdraw support from the objectionable publication.”
This struggle highlights the long history of consumer activism in Seattle and Tacoma labor disputes. It mirrors modern debates over corporate boycotts and 'voting with your wallet,' where labor groups leverage economic pressure against media outlets perceived as anti-worker.
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