Longshoremen Strike Update: Steamship Line Settles
The Frank Waterhouse Company breaks the stalemate with unionized longshoremen as cargo operations resume in Seattle.
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The Frank Waterhouse Co., operating 18 large steamships between Seattle and the Orient, made terms with the striking longshoremen Saturday, and handling of cargo was begun on the Waterhouse liners Grena, Ataka Maru, and Tokai Maru. The former vessel is loading for Vladivostok, the others discharging. The company agrees to pay the scale in force before the second strike.
“The company agrees to pay the scale in force before the second strike.”
Labor disputes at Washington’s ports have been a perennial feature of the state’s economy for over a century. This 1916 agreement highlights the recurring power struggle between shipping conglomerates and workers over wage scales and maritime commerce.
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