Seattle Bakers Threaten New Year’s Strike
Local union demands an end to grueling night shifts, as bakery owners signal a refusal to yield.
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The members of the Journeymen Bakers' Union of Seattle will probably strike tonight. They have made upon the proprietors of the bakeries a demand that night work be done away with and less work be asked of each man. To this demand the proprietors will in all likelihood refuse to yield. In such case, the strike begins tonight.
“They have made upon the proprietors of the bakeries a demand that night work be done away with and less work be asked of each man.”
Labor disputes over working conditions and the grueling nature of 'graveyard shifts' remain a core issue in the modern service economy, echoing this 1891 struggle for humane hours in Seattle's fledgling industrial bakeries.
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