33 results for: Labor and Labor Unions
Life-sized cutout figure from the Seattle Newspaper Guild strike, 2000
In November 2000, the members of the Pacific Northwest Newspaper Guild Local 82 went on strike against the Seattle Times and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer over issues concerning salaries and the use of a merit-based pay system. This cutout figure was constructed and painted by a striker in response to the Seattle Times hiring Vance International, a known union-busting company used…
ID Number:2011.20.6
Date:2000
Picket sign for Seattle Teachers Strike, 2015
Olivia Geffner, Seattle teacher at Franklin High and previous MOHAI employee, was a union rep for her school from 2014-2015. She participated in the Seattle Teachers Strike in September 2015. A three-year agreement ended a nearly week-long walk-out of teachers throughout the district. At issue were pay raises, compensation for adding time to the school day, and linking teacher evaluations…
ID Number:2015.87.1
Date:2015
Campaign pin, "Jackson for President 1972"
Henry Martin "Scoop" Jackson (1912-1983) was aa US Representative (1941–1953) and US Senator (1953–1983) from the state of Washington. His platform ranged from higher military spending and cold war tactics to social welfare programs, civil rights, and labor unions. Jackson was born in Everett, Washington, to Norwegian immigrants, and graduated from the University of Washington School of Law. He ran…
ID Number:2018.51.4
Date:1972
Cooks and Assistants Union pin, Seattle Local 33, 1975
Member pin for Seattle Local 33 of the Cooks and Assistants Union under the Hotel and Restaurant Employees' International Alliance Union.
ID Number:2021.20.8
Date:1975
Boilermakers-Blacksmiths & Helpers pin, Local 104, 1979
Union member pin for Seattle Local 104 Boilermakers-Blacksmiths and Helpers.
ID Number:2021.20.9
Date:1979
Picket sign from Newspaper Guild strike, 2000
On November 21, 2000, staff at both of Seattle's major newspapers, The Seattle Times and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, went on strike. Though the papers were owned separately, both striking groups were represented by the Communication Workers of Americas (CWA) Pacific Northwest Newspaper Guild Local 37082. At issue were wage increases for employees of both newspapers and changes to the P-I…
ID Number:2021.64.2
Date:2000
Teamsters nametag for Betty Kugland with pins attached, ca. 1970s-1980s
Elizabeth “Betty” Kugland worked at Boeing in the sewing shop during WWII. She continued after the war and became a member of the United Garment Workers Union and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Chauffeurs, Warehousemen & Helpers of America. Sewers at Boeing worked on fabric interior parts of the airplanes such as heavy Naugahyde for seats.
ID Number:2022.16.2
Date:Circa 1970-1990
United Garment Workers keychain belonging to Betty Kugland, ca. 1970s-1980s
Elizabeth “Betty” Kugland worked at Boeing in the sewing shop during WWII. She continued after the war and became a member of the United Garment Workers Union and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Chauffeurs, Warehousemen & Helpers of America. Sewers at Boeing worked on fabric interior parts of the airplanes such as heavy Naugahyde for seats.
ID Number:2022.16.3
Date:Circa 1970-1990
Signed "Steelworkers Forever" T-shirt, 1999
Ervin Schleufer is a member of the Coeur d’Alene Tribe and retired member of the United Steelworkers of America Local 338. Schleufer was among the striking steelworkers locked out by the Kaiser Corporation in Spokane from 1998 to 2000. In 1999 he traveled the West Coast, with a group calling themselves “road warriors,” to connect with activists, get support for…
ID Number:2024.54.1
Date:1999
Bar of US Mechanics Soap, made by Columbia Star Mfg Co., Seattle, ca. 1905
In 1897, a significant mineral deposit of silica, clay, lime, and alkali was discovered in Eastern Oregon. The Columbia Star Manufacturing Company was formed to manufacture this mineral mixture into soap. Initially, their factory was in Portland, Oregon, but when the needed to expand, real estate agents in Seattle lured them to a location on the shores of Lake Union.…
ID Number:2024.63.1
Date:Circa 1905