The Union Label Movement Rallies Everett Women
A crowded hall gathers to honor organizer Rose B. Moore, marking the rapid rise of the Women's Union Label League in Everett.
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Last Monday evening, a crowded hall witnessed a high-point for the Women's Union Label League. The meeting served as a farewell to Mrs. Rose B. Moore, who organized the group in December of the previous year. Speakers, including Mrs. Dr. Johnson and Anna Maley, emphasized the economic power of women as purchasers and the necessity of demanding union-made goods. Mrs. Moore, moved by the reception, reviewed the league's success in spreading the message of the union label among households. E.P. Marsh of the Journal led the crowd in a minute of silent appreciation for her work. The organization movement is reported to be expanding rapidly, with new enthusiasm from clerks and even newsboys organizing.
“The thinking women everywhere are awakening to their social responsibility for existing social evils and realize that as purchasers they have an economic power which when judiciously exercised will become a real factor.”
The union label movement of 1911 utilized the power of the consumer to enforce labor standards, a tactic that mirrors modern debates around ethical supply chains and the power of 'conscious consumerism' in the 21st-century labor market.
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