513 results for: Protests and Demonstrations
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WTO protesters released from jail, Seattle, December 5, 1999
The Third Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) was held in Seattle from November 30 to December 3, 1999. Trade ministers and other officials from the WTO's 135 member nations met in an unsuccessful attempt to plan negotiations to further deregulate free trade. Tens of thousands of activists for many causes gathered to protest what they saw as…
ID Number:2000.107.19991205.1.34
Date:1999
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Dockworkers rally in support of their union, Seattle, September 18, 2002
A contract dispute between the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA), representing shipping and stevedoring employers, and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), representing 10,500 West Coast dockworkers, arose in July 2002 and resulted in PMA's closure of all 29 ports on the West Coast. Beginning September 27, 2002, workers were locked out for 11 days, the first major work stoppage…
ID Number:2000.107.20020918.CD01.01.001
Date:2002
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Union members at rally in support of Dockworker's union, Seattle, September 18, 2002
A contract dispute between the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA), representing shipping and stevedoring employers, and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), representing 10,500 West Coast dockworkers, arose in July 2002 and resulted in PMA's closure of all 29 ports on the West Coast. Beginning September 27, 2002, workers were locked out for 11 days, the first major work stoppage…
ID Number:2000.107.20020918.CD01.01.002
Date:2002
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Dockworkers rally in support of their union, Seattle, September 18, 2002
A contract dispute between the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA), representing shipping and stevedoring employers, and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), representing 10,500 West Coast dockworkers, arose in July 2002 and resulted in PMA's closure of all 29 ports on the West Coast. Beginning September 27, 2002, workers were locked out for 11 days, the first major work stoppage…
ID Number:2000.107.20020918.CD01.01.003
Date:2002
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Northwest Old-Growth Campaign rally at Victor Steinbrueck Park, September 29, 2002
In August 2002, President George W. Bush proposed changes to environmental laws that would make it easier for timber companies to thin federal forests and to remove fire-prone dead trees and undergrowth. In response, the Northwest Old-Growth Campaign, a coalition of 13 environmental groups from Bellingham to southern Oregon, began campaigning to ban cutting of timber in old-growth and other…
ID Number:2000.107.20020929.CD03.01.001
Date:2002
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Harriet Thompson picketing at entrance to YWCA, Seattle, December 13, 2002
In 2002, the YWCA announced the closing of its downtown Seattle warm-water swimming pool and fitness center to save money on upkeep and to make space for new human services programs. The decision was protested by frequent users, including many older women who relied on the relatively low-cost facilities to stay fit, rehabilitate from illness and surgery, and manage pain.…
ID Number:2000.107.20021213.CD02.01.003
Date:2002
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Madeleine Sosin and Jonah Cohen protest new INS policies at Hing Hay Park, Seattle, January 13, 2003
In January 2003, U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft implemented a new policy requiring male visitors - including tourists, workers, and students on short-term visas - from 18 mainly Muslim countries to be fingerprinted, interviewed, and photographed by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (now USCIS) or risk deportation. On January 13, 2003, several hundred people gathered in Seattle's Chinatown - International…
ID Number:2000.107.20030113.CD04.001
Date:2003
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INS detainee responding to people protesting new INS policies, Seattle, January 13, 2003
In January 2003, U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft implemented a new policy requiring male visitors - including tourists, workers, and students on short-term visas - from 18 mainly Muslim countries to be fingerprinted, interviewed, and photographed by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (now USCIS) or risk deportation. On January 13, 2003, several hundred people gathered in Seattle's Chinatown - International…
ID Number:2000.107.20030113.CD04.002
Date:2003
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Demonstrators protesting new INS policies at INS detention center, Seattle, January 13, 2003
In January 2003, U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft implemented a new policy requiring male visitors - including tourists, workers, and students on short-term visas - from 18 mainly Muslim countries to be fingerprinted, interviewed, and photographed by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (now USCIS) or risk deportation. On January 13, 2003, several hundred people gathered in Seattle's Chinatown - International…
ID Number:2000.107.20030113.CD04.003
Date:2003
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Demonstrators protesting new INS policies, Seattle, January 13, 2003
In January 2003, U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft implemented a new policy requiring male visitors - including tourists, workers, and students on short-term visas - from 18 mainly Muslim countries to be fingerprinted, interviewed, and photographed by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (now USCIS) or risk deportation. On January 13, 2003, several hundred people gathered in Seattle's Chinatown - International…
ID Number:2000.107.20030113.CD04.004
Date:2003