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International Typographical Union exhibit at the Alaska–Yukon–Pacific Exposition, Seattle, 1909. From October 1891, the ITU Mortuary Benefits were the most respected in trade unionism. In 1906, ITU President James M. Lynch decided to use strong tactics and initiated strikes in most major cities, attempting to secure an eight-hour work day ...
The Seattle Union Record was a union-owned newspaper edited by Harry Ault. [1] The paper was published weekly from February 20, 1900 to April 2, 1918 and was published daily from April 24, 1918 until it discontinued publication in 1928. [2] In its own words, the newspaper was "Published for Principle and Not for Profit". [3] [4]
Harry Ault, 1906 (age 23). Erwin Bratton "Harry" Ault (1883–1961) was an American socialist and trade union activist. He is best remembered as the editor of the Seattle Union Record, the long-running labor weekly (turned daily) published from 1912 to 1928.
The history of typography may refer to: History of Western typography, for the history of typography in Europe and the wider Western world;
Union organizing first arrived in the form of a skilled craft union. In 1882, Seattle printers formed the Seattle Typographical Union Local 202. Dockworkers followed in 1886, cigarmakers in 1887, tailors in 1889, and both brewers and musicians in 1890. Even the newsboys unionized in 1892, followed by more organizing, mostly of craft unions.
The Seattle Times Company is a privately owned publisher of daily and weekly newspapers in the U.S. state of Washington. Founded in Seattle , Washington in 1896, the company is in its fourth generation of control by the Blethen family as of 2022.
Despite Seattle being one of the "whitest" major cities in the United States, it has had an African-American mayor (), at least four African-American city council members, and at least half a dozen Asian-American city council members including Wing Luke, the first Asian American elected to public office in Washington (in 1962).
As a Seattle historian, Speidel was something of a revisionist and the narration of the Underground Tour reflects that. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Doc Maynard , whom Speidel called "The Man Who Invented Seattle", was given short shrift in what Speidel characterized as the "Party Line" on the city's history, in part because the longer-lived Arthur Denny was so ...