Foundry Workers Strike for Bi-Weekly Pay
Foundry employees walk off the job at Almond & Phillips after management consistently fails to meet the 10th-of-the-month payday.
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Thirteen molders and seven helpers, employees of the Almond & Phillips Foundry Company, whose foundry is located at the foot of Union street, are out on a strike. In conversation with one of the strikers yesterday it was learned that the cause of the strike was a difference of opinion in regard to pay day. It has been the custom to pay the employees on the 10th of each month for the preceding month. It was alleged that occasionally pay day has been deferred till past the 10th of the month. This did not meet with the views of the employees, and on the 24th they met and informed the managers of the company that they must be paid every two weeks or at least twice a month. As no attention was paid to their request a strike was inaugurated yesterday. Thus the matter stands.
“The cause of the strike was a difference of opinion in regard to pay day.”
Labor disputes over wage consistency and payment frequency remain a staple of the Seattle economy, though today they more often center on gig-economy payment schedules. The demand for reliable pay cycles echoes the core tension between worker predictability and employer capital management.
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