The Labor Journal (Everett, Wash.)
Historic newspapers carry the language, views and graphic reporting of their time, including racist content. They are shown to teen and adult profiles.
707 issues from 1909 to 1922, published in Everett, Washington, digitised for Chronicling America.
The Labor Journal was the official paper of the Everett Trades Council, the Central Labor Council of Everett, and the local chapter of the American Federation of Labor (AFL). Originally published in 1891 as an annual newsletter, the Labor Journal quickly became the vehicle for Progressive politics and labor news in Everett and the surrounding region. In 1905, future Washington state senator, John E. Campbell became business manager of the Journal, partnering with editor and part-owner Ernest P. Marsh. By 1909, the duo published the paper weekly and kept union members and the general public informed about labor issues and perspectives. Many saw the Journal as an alternative to the daily and weekly papers which were often unsympathetic to the interest of workers. By focusing on issues relevant to local unions, the Journal enjoyed a readership in the thousands. Campbell was elected state senator in 1912 and authored the eight-hour workday bill for Washington women. Marsh became president of the Washington State Federation of Labor in 1913, an office he held until 1918. In 1917, Marsh was appointed by Woodrow Wilson to the President’s Mediation Commission, a body which he directed from 1943 to 1949.
The Labor Journal enjoyed success until 1978 when the paper’s control board ruled that it should solicit advertising only from businesses with union employees. Advertising revenues fell, and, according to Jack Morgan of the Everett Herald, this ruling resulted in the resignation of…
- Genres
- News
- Published in
- Everett, Washington, 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