Montana Labor News (Butte, Mont.) 19??-1951
Historic newspapers carry the language, views and graphic reporting of their time, including racist content. They are shown to teen and adult profiles.
772 issues from 1932 to 1951, published in Butte, Montana, digitised for Chronicling America.
The Montana Labor News was first published in 1925 in Butte, Montana. The 3-column, 4-page weekly was published by the Silver Bow Trades and Labor Council (now Montana AFL-CIO). Its first known editor was F.E. Cleves. Other editors between the 1920s and 1951 included Charles Sebold, Clarence E. Blewitt, John Vickers, and Ed C. Vawter.
As “The Official Organ of the Montana State Federation of Labor,” the paper’s stance on labor issues and politics was clear. The masthead declared the Labor News was “A Fearless Champion of Human Rights Devoted to the Interests and Voicing the Demands of the Trade Union Movement.”
Content in the newspaper included an editorial column, a combination humor and socio-political commentary column titled “Timely and Untimely Observations,” and national labor news in “The Washington Scene.” Local content focused strongly on labor issues in the copper industry, though other trades were also represented. Headlines such as “Miners Urge Silicosis Compensation” appeared beside warnings against patronizing local businesses that were “unfair to organized labor.” Other content included coverage of state and national labor conventions and reports on the Fort Peck Dam project from the labor perspective. The Labor News peppered phrases such as “Butte Copper Means Butte Prosperity” and “Agitate–Educate–Organize” between articles and other content. The paper printed legal notices and rosters for unions in Butte, Missoula, Miles City, Anaconda, and Bozeman.…
- Genres
- News
- Published in
- Butte, Montana, United States
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Chronicling America
- Licence or status
- None stated by the archive
- Rights
- The Library of Congress believes that the newspapers in Chronicling America are in the public domain or have no known copyright restrictions. Newspapers published in the United States more than 95 years ago are in the public domain in their entirety.
- Credit
- Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities
- Who can read it
- Teens profiles and older (placed by Invisible Network from what the archive says; archives give no ratings)
- Archive
- Library of Congress