Labor Council Blacklists Everett Utility Companies
After failing to secure a meeting with management, the local trade union council votes to place Everett Railway & Light and Snoqualmie Light on the official 'unfair' list.
The Everett Trades Council meeting of November 4th was called to order by President Moncur with a substantial gathering. A report from the committee on strikes and boycotts stated that they were unable to see the manager of the light company and that he refused to meet with them. Consequently, the council placed the lighting, maintenance, and construction departments of the Everett Railway & Light Co., and the Snoqualmie Light Co., on the unfair list.
“The council placed the lighting, maintenance and construction departments of the Everett Railway & Light Co., and the Snoqualmie Light Co., on the unfair list.”
Public utility power struggles were at the heart of early 20th-century labor organizing in the Pacific Northwest. Today’s debates over the Snohomish County PUD’s labor practices continue this historical tradition of using civic pressure to manage essential infrastructure providers.
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