Longshoremen Fight Open Shop Appeal in Seattle Crisis
The International Longshoremen's Association calls Seattle workers to resist open shop efforts led by local employers and the U S Railroad Administration. It warns of a staged campaign to crush unions, threaten lockouts, and force wage cuts while defending worker solidarity across industries.
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Seattle
G. N Docks
U. S. Railroad Administration
Organization of Labor
Railroad Administration
Gilman
Longshoremen’s Union
U.S
Chamber of Commerce
L L. A. 38-12
I. L. A. 38-12
Europe
L L. A
Seattle Chamber of Commerce
United States
International Longshoremen’s Association
Water Front Employers and I L A Sign Closed Shop Pact
On January 14 1919 the Water Front Employers Union signed a broad Closed Shop agreement with the International Longshoremen's Association to avoid strikes, creating a Court of Arbitration. Despite the pact the ILA joined a sympathetic strike February 6 halting waterfront work and tying up ships. Employers warned such action violated the contract and hired others while most union men soon returned to employment. On March 4 notices were posted across docks and pay windows.
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International Longshoremen’s Association
Water Front Employers’ Union
International Longshoremen's Union
Simy
Seattle
Pacific Coast District
Waterfront Hiring Rules Stir Seattle Labor Dispute
Notice outlines eligibility for waterfront work favoring American citizens and veterans, bans I W W and anti government elements, and recounts a clash on April 4 over the steamer Darien Maru at Smith Cove. It accuses union longshoremen of blocking work, notes violence against a returned soldier, and calls citizens to act amid a potential general strike involving major local employers and stevedoring firms.
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Seattle
Bolshevists
Griffiths & Sprague Stevedoring Co
Union
Darien Maru
Smith Cove
Longshoremen’s Union
Great Northern Docks
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The
Washington
Hqwity Printing Co. Co-operative
Seattle, Wank
Great Northern Dock
Mrs. Citizen
Water Front
Spring Street
International Stevedoring Co
Pacific Steamship Co
Dodwell & Company
Line Transportation Co
W. R. Grace & Co
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