733 results for: Labor and Labor Unions
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Musicians' Mutual Protective Union of Seattle membership card, June 17, 1892
Frank Buell Cade (1868-1954) came to Seattle in 1890, the same year that saw the creation of the Seattle chapter of the Musicians Mutual Protective Union (MMPU), Local 30 of the National League of Musicians (NLM) (later AFM Local 76, now AFM Local 76-493). Mr. Cade began working as a bookkeeper for the People & Knowles Sheet Metal Works (he…
ID Number:2018.3.3.105
Date:1892
Program
WPA District 4 Exposition program, Seattle, May 15, 1936
The Federal government created the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1935, during the Great Depression, to provide jobs to unemployed men, women, and children. The country was divided into regions and districts, and in Washington State, District 4 comprised King, Jefferson, Kitsap, and Clallam counties. In 1936, some 12,337 people, about 75% of whom were men, worked in WPA projects…
ID Number:2018.3.3.127
Date:1936
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Cooks' and Assistants' Local 33 Wage Scale and Working Rules, June 1, 1945
In June 1945, with World War II almost over, the Cooks’ and Assistants’ Union Local 33 distributed this pocket-sized Wage Scale and Working Rules to members. Minimum wage scales ranged from short-shift dishwashers and tavern porters at $1.00 per hour to Cooks at $9.00 per hour. Chefs’ salaries were “open” - presumably negotiated. Work rules covered such things as hiring…
ID Number:2018.3.3.143
Date:1945
Audio recording
Oral history interview with Allison and David (Guy) Demmert, November 6, 2015
Interview with commercial fisherman David (Guy) and Allison Demmert conducted by Jeffrey Kahrs for the Commercial Fisherman Oral History Project on November 6, 2015. In the interview, the Demmert's discuss their careers fishing along the West Coast and in Southeast Alaska. Guy Demmert is a seine captain and Allison Demmert is a deckhand. Conversations include women skippering boats and fishing…
ID Number:2018.63.3
Date:2015
Videorecording
Oral history interview with Gunnar Gudjonssen, October 28, 2017
This interview with Icelandic American commercial fisherman Gunnar Gudjonssen was conducted by Jeffrey Kahrs for the Commercial Fishermen Oral History Project on October 28, 2017. In this interview, Gundjonssen discusses his life and career fishing along the West Coast and in Southeast Alaska.The photo shown here of Gunnar Gudjonssen was taken by the interviewer Jeffrey Kahrs at the time of…
ID Number:2018.63.7.2
Date:2017
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Oral history interview with Hollis Jennings, November 13, 2015
Interview with commercial fisherman Hollis Jennings conducted by Jeffrey Kahrs for the Commercial Fishermen Oral History Project on November 13, 2015. Jennings discusses her life and career as a seine captain in Southeast Alaska, and what is like on a boat as a woman. Originally from Kentucky, Jennings was the first female skipper in the Southeast fishing fleet.The photo shown…
ID Number:2018.63.13
Date:2015
Videorecording
Oral history interview with Ryan Sven and Britni Sheri Lundin, October 23, 2015
Interview with commercial fishermen Ryan Sven and Britni Sheri Lundin conducted by Jeffrey Kahrs for the Commerical Fishermen Oral History Project on October 23, 2015. They discuss their careers as deckhands in Southeast Alaska and being married and working on a boat together. A small portion of the interview has been redacted to protect personal contact information.The photo shown here…
ID Number:2018.63.17
Date:2015
Poster
Mayor Dore Apologizes poster, Seattle, 1936
Seattle has a long history of labor radicalism dating back into the 19th century. The 1930s saw a new burst of radical labor activism, with large scale strikes and boycotting that strengthened local labor unions representing longshoremen, woodworkers, truck drivers, and machinists. As unions grew in power, so did criticism of many union leaders who utilized heavy-handed methods of recruitment…
ID Number:2019.3.39
Date:1936
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Seattle Star front page, February 7, 1919
The Seattle General Strike was a work stoppage by more than 65,000 workers in Seattle from February 6-11, 1919. The strike began in shipyards when workers were refused pay increases after two years of World War I wage controls. Most of the city's 110 local unions, including members of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and the Industrial Workers of…
ID Number:2019.3.52
Date:1919
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Strike Bulletin, Seattle, February 7, 1919
The Seattle General Strike was a work stoppage by more than 65,000 workers in Seattle from February 6-11, 1919. The strike began in shipyards when workers were refused pay increases after two years of World War I wage controls. Most of the city's 110 local unions, including members of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and the Industrial Workers of…
ID Number:2019.3.53
Date:1919