Abstract:
Over the years, historians have produced a number of fine
works on various aspects of the Washington State labor movement. Unfortunately,
they have tended to concentrate their attentions on a
few incidents, organizations, and issues. In particular, they have
examined and re-examined the Industrial Workers of the Wor1d, the
Seattle general strike, and the prevalence of political radicalism in
the labor movement. The purpose of this paper is to add continuity
and perspective to these scattered efforts and, with original research,
to fill in the interstices in our knowledge of the early history of the
Washington State labor movement.
