Shingle Weavers Rally for Grays Harbor Strikers
Everett labor leaders hear reports from the front lines and donate $200 to support ongoing union organizing efforts.
President Folsom of the International Shingle Weavers and President-elect J. G. Brown visited the local Tuesday evening and each brother delivered inspiring addresses. The brave struggle for union conditions being waged by our brothers on Grays Harbor was recounted in detail and the result was a two-hundred dollar donation by the local.
“The brave struggle for union conditions being waged by our brothers on Grays Harbor was recounted in detail.”
This reflects the deep, organized solidarity of the Pacific Northwest labor movement during the early 20th century, where local unions functioned as vital mutual aid networks. Today's labor activism in Everett often echoes this same reliance on cross-regional solidarity to combat the systemic power of large timber and industrial interests.
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