Historical Note

Arrangement

Scope and Content

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Bibliography

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Guide to the King County Labor Council of Washington Records
1889-2003


Manuscript Collection No.: 1940
Accession No.: 1940-001, 1940-002
Creator: AFL-CIO. King County Labor Council of Washington, creator
Title: King County Labor Council of Washington Records
Date Span: 1889-2003
Quantity: 38.26 cubic ft. (58 boxes)
Languages: Collection materials are in English.
Central Labor Council of Seattle and Vicinity, 1902-1952 Golden Anniversary program. Special Collections, UW Libraries

Funding for encoding this finding aid was partially provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.


Historical Note

The King County Labor Council of Washington has long been the communal decision-making body of the various union locals in King County. From the mid-1920s until the reunification of the AFL and CIO in 1955, only AFL-affiliated unions were represented on the Council. At other times, however, the vast majority of King County's locals had a voice on the Council.

The Council has passed through at least four distinct periods in its history. The Council originally began in 1888 as the Western Central Labor Union. This body changed its name to the Central Labor Council of Seattle and Vicinity in 1905. These groups occasionally joined coalitions with Populists and other reform groups in local and state politics. Nonetheless, much of the early Council's energy was spent simply trying to survive. The second phase of the Council's history began roughly in 1914 with the labor shortage that allowed unions to organize much of Seattle. The Council grew increasingly radical in this period and became the dominant force in Seattle's powerful progressive coalition. The loss of the Council's power began with the mass layoffs of shipyard workers after World War I. These layoffs led the Council to call the Seattle General Strike of 1919, the only truly city-wide general strike in American history. Employers responded to the failed strike with an open shop drive that de-unionized most of King County. A series of internal power struggles plagued the Council after the strike. The Council voted to expel members of the Industrial Workers of the World in late 1919 and Communist Party members in 1925.

The growing conservative influence in the Council was solidified when Dave Beck and his Teamsters came to dominate the group in the late 1920s. The third phase of the Council's history was thus business unionism, Beck-style. Dave Beck began his career as a driver for the Council's cooperative laundry but rapidly rose to become the chief Teamster organizer west of the Rockies. Beck used the strategic position of truck drivers in the economy to start rebuilding the strength of organized labor in Seattle. If the Council declared a firm to be "unfair to labor," he could often prevent the firm from trucking its goods to market. Despite Beck's occasionally ruthless tactics, he believed that businesses had a right to make a profit. When the Great Depression spurred widespread organizing drives, many firms concluded that they would much rather deal with the avowedly anti-radical Beck than with a CIO union. The Council routinely backed Beck in his jurisdictional disputes with CIO and independent unions. Thus, by the end of World War II, Seattle was largely a closed-shop AFL town. Under Beck's reign, the Council stayed fairly aloof from politics, endorsing moderate pro-labor Democrats and spurning the leftist coalitions that fought for local and state offices.

The fourth stage of the Council's history, its reentry into local politics, began with the merger of the AFL and CIO in 1955. The expanded Council was quickly put on the defensive by statewide right-to-work proposals in Initiative 198 in 1956 and Initiative 202 in 1958. The Council played a leading role in the campaigns that defeated these measures. After these victories, the Council went on the offensive. It started a pro-labor public relations campaign in 1959 that included donating money to charities and promoting radio and television appearances by labor leaders. Beginning in 1964, the Council's Committee on Political Education launched major voter registration drives before elections. The growth of public sector unions in the 1950s and 1960s, coupled with the addition of progressive CIO unions, led the Council to endorse expanded social services and public housing in this period. The Council also supported the efforts of Seattle civil rights groups during the 1960s. Nonetheless, the Council retained some traces of business unionism. It gave a no-strike pledge during the 1962 World's Fair and often helped the Chamber of Commerce lobby for subsidies for local businesses.

During the latter years of the 20th century, the period documented in Accession 1940-2, the council's executive secretaries were, in succession: James K. Bender, Dan Bickford, Ron Judd, and Steve Williamson.

Arrangement

The records are arranged in two accessions: 1940-001 and 1940-002.

Scope and Content

Correspondence, primarily with affiliated unions (1950-2003), minutes (1913-1970, 1987-1997), financial records (1912-1919, 1982-1999), membership records (1889-1969), subject files (1925-2002), and reports (1957-1959, 1966-1968). Also includes records of the Council's committees and affiliated labor organizations, including the Domestic Workers Union (1917), Seattle American Publishing Co. (1907), United Labor Advisory Committee Against Initiative 202 (1958), and United Labor Advisory Committee to Defeat Initiative 198 (1956).

Restrictions on Access

The records are open to all users.

Restrictions on Use

Material authored by representative of the King County Labor Council may be copied or quoted.

Processing Info

Processing levels vary by accession.

Separated Material

Issues of the Council's newspaper, The Scanner, that were received with the records were sent to the Microforms and Newspaper Collection.

Bibliography

The Libraries' Microforms and Newspapers Collection owns a complete microfilm collection of the Union Record: The Official Journal of the Central Labor Council of Seattle and Vicinity and a partial microfilm run of The Scanner and King County Labor News. The Union Record was published from 1900 to 1928. The Scanner began in 1968 and is still printed.

Jonathan Dembo's An Historical Bibliography of Washington State Labor and Laboring Classes (unpublished, 1978) lists many published sources which deal with the history of the King County Central Labor Council. The most important recently published works which relate to the Council's history are Jonathan Dembo, Unions and Politics in Washington State (New York: Garland Publishing, 1983) and Dana Frank, Purchasing Power: Consumer Organizing, Gender, and the Seattle Labor Movement, 1919-1929 (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1994). There are essentially no books that deal with the post-1940 history of the Council.

Inventory

 
Accession No. 1940-001
King County Labor Council of Washington Records, 1889-1970
18.26 cubic ft.
Arrangement
Accession 1940-001 is arranged in five series: Administrative Records, Committees and Board Records, West Central Labor Union Records, Other Labor Organizations, and Other Organizations.
Scope and Content
Administrative Records primarily document the end of the third and the start of the fourth period of the Council's history. The bulk consists of the files of Chet W. Ramage, executive secretary of the Council from Oct. 1959 through 1968. Most correspondence dates from that period. There are virtually no letters from before 1950. Incoming letters are sorted and indexed by name of author, while outgoing and inter-office letters are organized chronologically. The correspondence primarily involved member unions and government officials. The subject files—which contain reports, memoranda, and some correspondence grouped together by subject—mostly cover topics between 1946 and 1970. There are, however, small subject files on the 1919 strike, the Council's internal power struggles in the early 1920s, and the AFL vs. CIO jurisdictional disputes of the 1930s. The accession also contains the complete minutes of the Council from 1915 to 1954 and from 1963 to 1970, documenting all of the organization's formal resolutions and actions. There is also a copy of the minutes of the Council's Executive Board for 1906 to 1907, 1913 to 1957, 1960 to 1965, and 1969 to 1970. The Executive Board's primary duty was to hear union complaints against local businesses and to decide which firms would be placed on the "unfair" list. In addition, the Council's membership and tax records from 1889 to 1962 are found in this accession.
Records of the Council's committees make up another series. Included are committees to defeat the right-to-work initiatives in 1956 and 1958, the Public Relations Committee from 1959 to 1963, and the Committee on Political Education from 1963 to 1968 form another subgroup.
The West Central Labor Union Records series consists of the minutes and the financial records of the Council's predecessor, the West Central Labor Union, from 1891 to 1905.
The Other Labor Organizations series includes records from the United Labor Advisory Committee Against Initiative 202, the Seattle American Publishing Company, and others.
Restrictions on Use
For "Seattle General Strike Materials" in box 6, researchers must use photocopies rather than originals.
Oversize boxes 37 and 38 are stored offsite; advance notice is required for their use.
Acquisition Info
Donated by King County Labor Council of Washington in 1969 and 1972.
Processing Info
An earlier donation, Accession no. 1201, was merged with records from the 1969/1972 donation to form Accession no. 1940-001 in ca. 2000.
Box/Folder Date
Administrative Records
1/1 Historical Features undated
1/2 Organizational Features 1961
1/3-4 Outgoing Letters 1946-1968
General Correspondence
1/5 Adams, Brock 1965-1968
1/6 Air Division - Rainier Lodge No. 3009, Brotherhood of Railway Clerks 1961-1969
1/7 Air Line Pilots Association 1960-1965
1/8 Alaska Fish Cannery Workers' Union of the Pacific 1965
1/9 Allied Printing Trades Council 1960, 1961, 1964, 1965
1/10 American Federation of Labor - President 1950-1955
1/11 AFL-CIO. Organizers 1959-1965
1/12-13 AFL-CIO. President (George Meany) 1957-1968
1/14 AFL-CIO. Maritime Trades Department 1963, 1966-1967
1/15 AFL-CIO. Union Label and Service Trades Department 1960, 1965-1969
1/16-17 AFL-CIO. Miscellaneous 1957-1968
1/18 American Federation of Television and Radio Artists 1960-1969
1/19 American Federation of Women's Auxiliary of Labor. Seattle Clerks Council 1959
1/20 American Newspaper Guild 1966
1/21 American Newspaper Guild #82 1962, 1964, 1968
1/22 Arthritis and Rheumatism Foundation. Western Washington Chapter 1960
1/23 Auto Painters, Local #518 1960, 1968
1/24 Auto Sheet Metal Workers, Local #387 1961, 1968
2/1 Automotive Machinists, International Association, Lodge # 289 1958-1969
2/2 Automotive Trade Council of Seattle, King County and Vicinity 1960-1965, 1967
2/3 Bakery and Confectionery Workers, Seattle Local 1952
2/4 Barbers, Journeymen, International Union, Local #195 1961-1969
2/5 Bartenders, International Union #487 1962-1969
2/6 Beauticians, International Union, Local #195 1960-1968
2/7 Bender, James 1968
2/8 Bering Sea Fishermen's Union 1968
2/9 Better Business Standards Association 1960-1968
2/10 Bill Posters and Billers International Alliance, #49 1961-1966
2/11 Boiler Makers, Iron Ship Builders, Helpers International Brotherhood, #104 1960-1969
2/12 Bookbinders, International Brotherhood, Local #22 1961-1962
2/13 Bookbinders, International Brotherhood, #87 1960-1969
2/14 Boot and Shoe Workers Union, Local #37 1960-1967
2/15 Re: Bostonian, Armene E. (National Labor Relations Board) 1964-1969
2/16 Boy Scouts of America 1960, 1962, 1966
2/17 Brick and Clay Workers, United, Local #458 1960, 1962
2/18 Brick and Clay Workers, United, Local #582 1961-1969
2/19 Bricklayers, Masons, Plasterers, International Union, Local #2 1967
2/20 Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers International Association, Local #506 1962-1969
2/21 Bridge, Structural, Reinforcing Steel and Ornamental Iron Workers, Riggers and Machinery Movers, Local #86 1962-1969
2/22-23 Broom and Whisk Broom Makers, #84 (Lighthouse for the Blind) 1958-1961
3/1 Broom and Whisk Broom Makers, #84 (Lighthouse for the Blind) 1961-1963, 1966
3/2-3 Building and Construction Trades Council, Seattle 1946, 1963-1969
3/4-7 Building Service Employees International Union, Local #6 1958-1969
3/8 Building Trades Council, Seattle 1946-1950
3/9 Card and Label League, Renton and Vicinity 1966
3/10 Card and Label League, Seattle 1953, 1968
3/11 Carpenters and Joiners, United Brotherhood, #131 1962-1969
3/12 Carpenters and Joiners, United Brotherhood, Local #1368 1964, 1965, 1969
3/13 Carpenters and Joiners, United Brotherhood, #1289 1960-1969
3/14 Carpenters and Joiners, United Brotherhood, Local #1708 1961
3/15 Carpenters and Joiners, United Brotherhood, Local #1797 1958-1961, 1965
3/16 Carpenters and Joiners, United Brotherhood. Millmen's Union, Local #338 1961-1969
3/17 Carpet, Linoleum, and Soft Tile Layers Union, Local #1238 1964-1969
3/18 Cement, Lime, and Gypsum Workers', International Union #37 1968
3/19 Cement, Lime, and Gypsum Workers', International Union #47 1960-1969
3/20 Central Labor Councils 1959-1966
Bremerton Labor Council
Grays Harbor Labor Council
Kitsap County Central Labor Council
Pierce County Central Labor Council
Skagit Valley Central Labor Council
Snohomish County Labor Council
Spokane County Labor Council
Wenatchee Central Labor Council
Whatcom County Central Labor Council
3/21 Central Labor Councils, East of the Mississippi 1960, 1962, 1965
3/22 Central Labor Councils, West of the Mississippi 1960-1968
3/23 Century Savings and Loan Association 1961-1963
4/1 Re: Century 21 Meetings 1958-1962
4/2 Chamber of Commerce, Seattle 1964-1968
4/3 Chamber of Commerce, Seattle. Construction and Civic Development Division 1961
4/4 Chemical Workers, International Union #121 1960-1963, 1968
4/5 Children's Home Society, Washington 1969
4/6 Citizens Committee for Postal Reform 1969
4/7 Citizens Committee to Modernize 1909 Sunday Blue Law 1961-1962
4/8 Committee of 100 - Continental, Inc. (Greater Seattle YMCA Development Program) 1961
4/9 Communications Workers of America, District 9 1968-1969
4/10 Cooks and Assistants #33 1960-1968
4/11 CIO Council, Seattle 1957
4/12 Council of Planning Affiliates 1968
4/13 Council on Aging 1963-1968
4/14 Culinary Workers and Bartenders Union, Local #596 1956, 1961, 1963, 1969
4/15 Democrats (Miscellaneous) 1963-1964, 1967
4/16 Dental Workers Union #29 1961
4/17 Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers International #1002 1960-1969
4/18 Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers International Union #1207 1966-1969
4/19 Electrical Workers, International Brotherhood #46 1959-1968
4/20 Electrical Workers, International Brotherhood #77 1950, 1954, 1961-1969
4/21 Elevator Constructors, International Union #19 1960-1968
4/22 Embalmers, Master Licensed #18189 1960-1962
4/23 Farm Workers National Association (United Farm Workers) 1965-1969
4/24 Fire Fighters, International Association #27 1961-1969
4/25 Fire Fighters, International Association, Local #864 1969
4/26 Fire Fighters, International Association, (Renton) #1604 1966
4/27 Fire Fighters, International Association #1257 1961
4/28 Fire Fighters, International Association #1352 1968-1969
4/29 Fire Fighters, International Association, (King County Fire District #11), Local #1810 1969
4/30 Firemen and Oilers, International Brotherhood #193 1961-1962, 1967-1968
4/31 Firemen's Marine Union. Seattle Branch 1967
4/32 Flight Engineers International Association, Seattle 1959-1962, 1966
4/33 Flint Glass Workers Union, American, Local #68 1964-1965
4/34 Furniture Workers Union, Local #3197 1960-1966
4/35 Garmatz, Edward 1966
5/1 Garment Workers of America, United, Local #17 1960-1969
5/2 Glass Bottle Blowers Association, Local #50 undated
5/3 Glass Bottle Blowers Association, Local #87 1962-1969
5/4 Glove Workers Union of America undated
5/5 Government Employees, American Federation, #40 1960-1967
5/6 Government Employees, American Federation #2196 1963
5/7 Grain Millers, American Federation, International #86 1961-1969
5/8 Greater Seattle Incorporated 1959-1969
5/9 Heat and Frost Inspectors and Asbestos Workers, International Association Local #7 1965, 1969
5/10 Hod Carriers and General Laborers Union, Local #242 1960-1969
5/11 Horseshoers Union, Local #13 1961
5/12 Hospital Workers, Seattle and King County, Local #301 1954-1960, 1964
5/13-20 Hotel and Restaurant Employees and Bartenders, International Union. Local Joint Executive Board 1955-1968
6/1 Hotel, Motel, and Club Service Employees Union, Local #551 1961-1969
6/2 Independence Day Celebration Committee, Seattle 1960-1968
6/3 Inlandboatmen's Union of the Pacific 1962-1969
6/4 Insurance Workers Union, International, Local #1 1959, 1962-1965
6/5 International Little League Baseball Association, Seattle League 1963
6/6 Jackson, Henry M. 1960-1968
6/7 Jewelry Workers Union, International, Local #30 1961, 1968-1969
6/8 Journeymen Tailors Union, Local #71 1961-1964, 1969
6/9 King County. Commissioners and Other County Offices 1960-1967
6/10 King County Citizens For All-Purpose Stadium Now 1966
6/11 King County Coroners Employees, Local #1652 1960-1967
6/12 King County Law Enforcement Employees, Local #967 1958-1963
6/13 King County Welfare Employees, Local #843 1965-1969
6/14 KIRO Radio and Television 1965-1966, 1969
6/15-16 Ladies Garment Workers Union, International, Local #184 1960-1969
6/17 Laundry and Dry Cleaning Drivers, Local #566 1964-1965
6/18 League of Women Voters of Seattle 1960-1967
Box
37/1 Leif Erikson League    OVERSIZE 1964, 1968
Box/Folder
6/19 Letter Carriers, National Association, Seattle Branch, Local #79 1960-1969
6/20 Litchman, Mark 1963, 1965
6/21 Lithographers and Photoengravers, International Union #23 1962-1966
6/22 Lithographers and Photoengravers, International Union, Local #45 1964-1969
6/23 Luggage Workers Union, Local #51 1959-1969
6/24 Lumber and Sawmill Workers' Union, Local #2519 1959-1969
6/25 Machinists, International Association, Seattle Flight Engineer Lodge #1258 1960-1964
6/26 Machinists, International Association, Hope Lodge #79 1960-1969
6/27 Machinists, International Association, Aeronautical Industrial District, Lodge #751 1959-1967
6/28 Machinists, International Association, Air Transport Lodge #1040 1960-1961
6/29 Machinists, International Association, Air Transport Lodge #1351 1964
6/30 Magnuson, Warren G. 1960-1968
7/1 Mailers Union, Seattle, Local #32 1960-1969
7/2 Marine Cooks and Stewards, Seattle 1958, 1960, 1964
7/3 Marine Engineers Beneficial Association, #38 and Pacific Coast District 1959-1968
7/4 Maritime Trades Department, Puget Sound District Council 1963-1969
7/5 Marking Device Union, Local #629 1968
7/6 Masters, Mates and Pilots, International, Local #6 1968
7/7 Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America, Amalgamated (Miscellaneous Locals) 1960, 1964, 1967
7/8-9 Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen Union, Amalgamated, Meat Cutters, Local #81 1961-1969
7/10 Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen Union, Amalgamated, Packinghouse, Local #186 1963-1964, 1968
7/11 Meeds, Lloyd 1965-1968
7/12 Metal Polishers, Buffers, Platers, and Helpers International Union, Local #14 1961-1964, 1968
7/13-14 Metal Trades Council of Seattle and Vicinity 1960-1966
7/15-17 Musicians Association, Seattle, Local #76 1960-1969
7/18 Re: Musician's Convention 1962
7/19 National Conference of Christians and Jews. Washington Region 1964-1969
7/20 National Council of Senior Citizens 1964-1968
7/21 National Maritime Union of America 1962-1963, 1967, 1969
7/22 Nile Shrine Circus 1962-1965
7/23 Northwest Council for Economic Education 1963-1967
7/24 Office and Professional Employees, Local #8 1958
8/1-2 Office and Professional Employees, Local #8 1958-1969
8/3 Office and Professional Employees, Local #349 1960-1961
8/4 Offset Workers, Printing Pressmen, and Assistants' Union #39 1960-1967
8/5 Operating Engineers, International, Local #286 1964-1969
8/6 Operating Engineers, International Union, #302 1960-1969
8/7 Operating Engineers, International Union, Local #303 1967-1968
8/8 Operating Engineers, International Union, Local #609 1961, 1969
8/9 Operative Plasterers and Cement Masons, International Association, Plasterer's Union Local #77 1966
8/10 Operative Plasterers and Cement Masons, International Association, Cement Masons Local #528 1960-1961, 1964-1969
8/11 Paint and Brush Makers Union #1094 1967-1969
8/12 Painters, Decorators, and Paperhangers of America, Brotherhood, #5 1959, 1963
8/13 Painters, Decorators, and Paperhangers of America, Brotherhood, #32 1960-1962
8/14 Painters, Decorators, and Paperhangers of America, Local #188 1959-1970
8/15 Painters, Decorators, and Paperhangers of America, Brotherhood, Local #300 1961-1969
8/16 Painters, Decorators, and Paperhangers of America, Brotherhood, #1105 1967
8/17-18 Pelly, Thomas 1960-1969
8/19 Peoples National Bank of Washington 1964-1969
8/20-21 Pharmacists and Retail Drug Store Employees Union #330 1958-1969
8/22 Pile Drivers, Dock, Wharf, and Bridge Carpenters, and Divers, Local #2396 1960
8/23 Plumbing and Pipe Fitters Union #32 1964-1968
8/24 Police Officers, Renton, Local #953 1959
8/25 Re: Political Material 1968-1969
8/26 Portland Daily Reporter 1963
8/27 Portrait, Commercial, and Photofinishers #23122 1965-1966
8/28 Postal Clerks, United Federation of #28 1959-1969
9/1 Postal Clerks, United Federation, Renton #3734 1966
9/2 Printing Specialties and Paper Products Union #380 1960-1969
9/3 Professional and Technical Engineers Association, Local #17 1960-1969
9/4 Pulp, Sulfite, and Paper Mill Workers, Local #817 1960, 1964
9/5 Radio Broadcast Technicians, Local Union 1264 1967
9/6 Repeatermen and Toll Testboardmen #1011 1960-1968
9/7 Restaurant Association of Washington State 1960, 1963-1967
9/8 Retail Clerks, International Association 1960-1967
9/9 Retail Clerks, International Association, Local #299 1960-1967
9/10-12 Retail Clerks, International Association, Local #1207 1959-1969
9/13-14 Retail Clerks, International Association, Local #1404 1959-1967
9/15 Retail Clerks, International Association, Local #1421 1960-1967
9/16 Retail Clerks, International Association, Local #1640 1960-1968
9/17 Retail Food and Drug Clerks #1105 1960-1969
9/18 Retail Store Employees Union #1001 1968-1969
9/19 Roofers, United Slate, Tile and Composition, Damp, and Waterproof Workers' Association, Local #54 1959, 1963
9/20 Sailors Union of the Pacific 1961-1966
9/21 Re: Scanner 1968-1969
9/22 Seafarers' International Union. Seattle 1962-1968
9/23-24 Seattle. City Council 1962-1967
10/1 Seattle. City Council. Equal Opportunities Seminar Committee 1968-1969
10/2 Seattle. City Departments 1961-1967
10/3 Seattle. Lighting Department. Electric Rates Committee 1964, 1967
10/4-5 Seattle. Mayor (Gordon S. Clinton, J.D. Braman, Floyd C. Miller) 1960-1969
10/6-8 Seattle. Public Schools 1954, 1957, 1960-1968
10/9 Seattle Area Industrial Council 1959-1968
10/10 Seattle Center Stadium Site, Ad Hoc Committee 1968
10/11 Seattle Committee on Alcoholism 1964, 1966
10/12 Seattle Convention and Tourist Bureau 1959-1968
10/13 Seattle Junior Programs, Incorporated 1965, 1967
10/14 Seattle - King County Safety Council 1960-1966
10/15 Seattle Newsboys' Union, Local #621 1959-1969
10/16 Seattle Post-Intelligencer 1961, 1964-1967
10/17 Seattle Symphony Orchestra 1962-1969
10/18 Re: Seattle University Building Program 1959-1961
10/19 Seattle Urban Renewal Enterprise 1962-1966
10/20 Seattle Visitors Bureau 1966-1969
10/21 Sheet Metal Workers, International Association #99 1961-1964, 1967-1969
10/22 Sheet Metal Workers International Association #383 1964-1969
11/1 Sign and Pictorial Painters Union #435 1960-1969
11/2 State, County, and Municipal Employees #57 1960-1961
11/3 State, County, and Municipal Employees American Federation Local #378 1964
11/4 State, County, and Municipal Employees American Federation Miscellaneous Locals 1961-1969
11/5 Steelworkers of America, United, Local #6 1960, 1965
11/6 Steelworkers of America, United, Local #1208 1960-1961, 1969
11/7 Steelworkers of America, United, Local #3112 1958, 1966
11/8 Steelworkers of America, Miscellaneous Locals 1958, 1961-1964
11/9 Stereotypers and Electrotypers Union, Seattle, Local #65 1960-1969
11/10 Stinson, Bill 1963-1964
11/11 Street, Electric Railway, and Motor Coach Employees of America, Amalgamated Association, Local #587 1961-1969
General Notes : Name changed to Amalgamated Transit Union, 1965.
11/12 Street Pavers, Sewers, Watermain, and Tunnel Workers, #440 1960-1963, 1969
11/13 Street Railway and Motor Coach Employees of America. Amalgamated Association, Local #1384 1958-1960, 1966
11/14 Teachers, Federal Way Federation, #1738 1967-1969
11/15 Teachers, Seattle Community College Federation 1969
11/16-17 Teachers, Seattle Federation 1961-1970
11/18 Teachers, Shoreline College Federation, #1950 1969
11/19 Teamsters, International Brotherhood. Joint Council #28 1965-1969
11/20 Teamsters Miscellaneous Locals 1961-1962, 1969
11/21 Telegraph Workers, United Local #40 1960-1970
11/22 Theatrical Federation of Seattle and Vicinity 1960, 1962, 1968
11/23 Theatrical Press Agents and Managers, Association, Local #18032 1962
11/24 Theatrical Stage Employees and Moving Picture Machine Operators, International Alliance #F-21 1960-1965
11/25 Theatrical Stage Employees and Moving Picture Machine Operators, International Alliance, Local #15 1960-1965
11/26 Theatrical Stage Employees and Moving Picture Machine Operators, International Alliance, Local #154 1961-1967
11/27 Theatrical Stage Employees and Moving Picture Machine Operators, International Alliance, Local #175 1967, 1969
11/28 Theatrical Stage Employees and Moving Picture Machine Operators, International Alliance, Local #659 1965-1968
11/29 Theatrical Wardrobe Attendants. Local #887 1963-1969
11/30 Tollefson, Thor C. 1961-1964
11/31 Transport Service Employees, United, Local #903 1963
11/32 Transport Workers Union of America, Local #506 1963
11/33 Transport (Air) Workers' Union, Local #523 1965
11/34 Turn Towards Peace 1964-1965
11/35-36 Typographical Union, Seattle #202 1960-1969
11/37 United Automobile-Aerospace-Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW) Local #232 undated
12/1 U.S. Department of the Army 1965-1968
12/2 U.S. President's Committee on Consumer Interests 1968
12/3 U.S. Labor Department 1961-1964, 1968
12/4 U.S. State Department. Educational and Cultural Affairs Bureau 1963-1969
12/5 U.S. State Department 1962-1969
12/6 U.S. Miscellaneous Departments 1960-1968
12/7-8 University of Washington 1960-1969
12/9 Upholsterers, International Union, Local #6 1961-1969
12/10 Urban League [National] (leap program) 1967
12/11 Urban League. Seattle 1968-1969
12/12 Valley Publishing Company 1962
12/13 Waiters' Union, Local #239 1960-1969
12/14 Waitresses' Union, Local #240 1959-1969
12/15 Washington. Commerce and Economic Development Department 1968-1969
12/16 Washington. Governor (Albert D. Rosellini, Daniel J. Evans) 1963-1968
12/17 Washington. Governor. Labor Advisory Council 1965-1966
12/18 Washington. Labor and Industries 1963-1967
12/19 Washington. Legislature. Interim Committee on Education 1960, 1964
12/20-22 Washington. Public Assistance Department 1960-1968
12/23 Washington. State Miscellaneous Departments 1961-1966
13/1 Washington Federation of State Employees #976 1959-1969
13/2 Web Pressmen's Union. Local #26 1960-1969
13/3 Western Washington Fair 1960-1967
13/4 Westland, Jack 1961-1964
13/5 Window Cleaners Union, Local #23 1961-1969
13/6 Women's City Club of Seattle 1962-1963
13/7 Wood, Wire, and Metal Lathers International Union, Local #104 1968
13/8 Woodworkers of America, International #3-26 1963-1969
13/9 Young Women's Christian Association. Seattle 1960-1968
13/10-25 A-R Miscellaneous 1955, 1958-1969
14/1-7 S-Z Miscellaneous 1959-1970
Subject Series
14/8 American Arbitration Association 1966-1968
14/9 Apprenticeship Programs 1962, 1965-1967
14/10 Banquet 1962
14/11 Business - Education Day Program Schedule 1959, 1963-1967
14/12 Charges Against Delegates 1937, 1939
14/13 Civil Rights 1963-1964, 1967-1969
14/14 Committee for Voluntary Unionism 1967
14/15 Credentials 1958, 1964
14/16 Education 1959
14/17 Election Data 1952-191957
15/1 Floating Ship Information 1962
15/2 Forward Thrust 1967-1968
15/3 Initiative #245 1968
15/4 Labor Center undated
15/5 Labor Day 1966
15/6-7 Labor Education Day (including photographs) 1954
15/8 Labor News (Miscellaneous) 1968-1969
15/9 "Labor Week" 1961-1966
15/10 Opera (Seattle) 1964
15/11 Political Information 1952
15/12 Radio and Television Editorials 1967
15/13 Registration Drive Clerks 1968
15/14-15 Rossellini, Albert D. 1962
15/16 Rule 23 undated
15/17 Seadrunar (Seattle Drug and Narcotics Center, Inc.) undated
15/18 Seattle. Model City Program 1968
15/19 Seattle General Strike 1919
"Strike Bulletin" Central Labor Council, King County Feb. 7, 1919
"The Seattle General Strike" Issued by the History Committee of the General Strike Committee
"Minutes of Meetings" of the General Strike Committee and its Executive Committee Feb. 2-6, 1919
15/20 Seattle Leadership Council 1961
15/21 Seattle Union Record Controversy 1921-1925
15/22 "Seavillage" 1961
15/23 Self-Improvement Group 1963
15/24 Seminars 1968-1969
15/25 Senior Citizens 1967-1968
15/26 Soos Creek - Zoning 1969
15/27 Strikebreakers Ordinance - Typographical 1964-1965
16/1 Trials 1942, 1951-1952
16/2-3 Trials, Communist 1925-1929
16/4 V.O.T.E.R. Committee, King County (Volunteer Organization To Encourage Registration) 1968
16/5-6 Washington. Department of Labor and Industry 1959-1962
16/7-11 Washington. Legislature 1961-1964, 1968
16/12-15 Washington State Federation of Labor Convention 1962
16/16-17 Western Shipbuilding Association 1962
Box
17 Minutes 1915-1927
18 Minutes 1928-1947
Box/Folder
19/1-7 Minutes 1946-1962
20/1-8 Minutes 1963-1970
Reports
21/1-2 Delegates 1949-1967
21/3 Per Capita 1957-1959
21/4-5 Conferences and Conventions - Washington State Federation of Labor 1957-1961
21/6 Membership Records 1962
21/7 Newsletters - The American Federalist 1969
21/8 Bulletin - Associated Industries of Seattle 1931
21/9 Press Releases 1961, 1964
Resolutions
21/10 Condolence 1948-1968
21/11 Miscellaneous 1949-1968
21/12 Agreements - Miscellaneous 1937-1942
21/13 Case Files - News Boys Union 1942
21/14 Petitions 1967
21/15 Certificates and Memorabilia 1952-1956
22/1-9 Photographs 1941, 1958
22/10 Clippings 1937-1941, 1945-1946
Ephemera
22/11 AFL-CIO undated
22/12 Miscellaneous undated
22/13-14 Financial Records 1950-1960
Box
23 Roll Call Books 1920-1964
23 Membership and Per Capita Tax Record 1889-1892, 1907-1925
24 Membership and Per Capita Tax Record 1926-1962
24 Cash Books 1910-1919
37 Cash Books    OVERSIZE 1926-1938
38 Cash Books    OVERSIZE 1938-1950
Committees and Board Records
Box/Folder
25/1-3 King County Labor Council, AFL-CIO Merger Committee 1957
King County Labor Council, Committee to Defeat Initiative #198
25/4 Outgoing Letters - Form Letters to Clubs, Unions, Etc. 1956
General Correspondence
25/5 Seminar Correspondence 1956
25/6 Miscellaneous 1955-1956
Minutes
25/7 Seattle Central Labor Council's Committee to Oppose Initiative #198 1956
25/8 United Labor Advisory Committee Against Initiative #198 1956
25/9 Financial Records 1956
25/10 Clippings 1956
25/11-12 Ephemera 1954
25/13 Resolutions 1954
25/14 Press Release undated
Subject Series
25/15 Initiative 198 (PRO) 1956
25/16 Radio and T.V. Advertising 1956
25/17-18 King County Labor Council, Community Services Committee 1960-1967
25/19 King County Labor Council, Constitution and By-Laws Committee 1957, 1959, 1964
King County Labor Council, Executive Board
25/20 Minutes and Agenda 1906-1907
Box
26 Minutes and Agenda 1913-1947
Box/Folder
27/1-12 Minutes and Agenda 1947-1954
28/1-12 Minutes and Agenda 1958-1963
29/1-11 Minutes and Agenda 1964-1969
30/1-3 Minutes and Agenda 1969-1970
30/4 Statement 1923
30/5-6 King County Labor Council, Finance Committee 1917, 1950-1957
King County Labor Council, King County Area C.O.P.E. (Committee On Political Education)
General Correspondence
30/7 Miscellaneous 1958-1968
30/8 C.O.P.E. National 1965, 1967
30/9 Minutes 1958
30/10 Reports 1958
30/10 Roll Call Book undated
30/11 News Releases 1968
30/12 Clippings 1968-1969
30/13 Financial Records 1959-1960, 1964
Subject Series
30/14 Matching Funds 1968
31/1 King County Labor Council, Labor Management - Automation and Unemployment Committee 1966
31/2 King County Labor Council, Organizing Committee 1964
31/3-5 King County Labor Council, Public Relations Committee 1959-1966
31/6-7 King County Labor Council, Renton Division 1959-1969
31/8-9 King County Labor Council, Seattle Union Card and Label Council (Including King County Union Card and Label Council) Trustees Board 1958-1969
31/10 General Correspondence 1958-1961
31/11-12 Minutes 1958-1963
32/1 Memoranda 1958
Reports
32/2 Trustees Board 1957-1960
32/3 Monthly 1958-1963
32/4 Financial 1961
32/5 Secretary 1958
32/6 Financial Records 1957-1963
32/7 Finance Committee 1958
Subject Series
32/8-9 Labor News 1958-1965
32/10 Labor Press Publishing Company 1950, 1960
Western Central Labor Union
Box
35 Minutes 1891-1895, 1898-1905
35 Cash Books 1892-1902
36 Cash Books 1898-1912, 1917-1919
36 Roll Call Books 1901-1905, 1909-1914
Other Labor Organizations
36 Domestic Workers Union #15836
36 Minutes 1917
36 Seattle American Publishing Company
36 General Correspondence 1907
36 Record Book 1907
Box/Folder
32/11 Seattle Labor Temple Association 1942-1969
32/12-26 United Labor Advisory Committee Against Initiative 202 1958
32/12 Incoming Letters - From Employers 1958
32/13 Outgoing Letters 1958
General Correspondence
32/14 Committee Against So - Called "Right-To-Work" Initiative #202 1958
32/15-16 Luncheon Rally 1958
Minutes
32/17 Committee Against Initiative 202 1958
32/18 United Labor Advisory Committee Against Initiative 202 1958
32/19 Newsletters 1957-1958
32/20 Resolutions 1958
32/21 Financial Records 1958
Subject Series
32/22 Right-To-Work 1955-1958
32/23 Committee for Initiative 202 1957-1958
32/24 Ephemera 1958
32/25-26 Clippings 1958, 1960
33/1-2 Washington State Labor Council. Miscellaneous Trades Section 1959-1968
33/3-4 Washington State Labor News 1950-1968
Other Organizations
33/5 Capital Improvement Committee 1960
33/6-7 Four Freedoms House of Seattle 1961-1968
33/8-9 Greater Seattle, Inc. Board Of Directors 1960-1968
33/10 Job Corps Committee - Seattle United 1964-1966
33/11 John F. Kennedy Library Committee 1964
33/12 Pioneer Industries 1966-1968
33/13 Tallmadge Hamilton House for Senior Citizens 1960-1961
33/14 United Good Neighbors of Seattle and King County 1959-1961
34/1-2 United Good Neighbors of Seattle and King County 1962-1964
34/3-6 Washington. Governor's Advisory Committee on Salaries 1962-1968
34/7 Washington. Advisory Committee on School District Organization 1964
34/8 Washington Association for Mental Health. Steering Committee 1966-1967
34/9-10 Doyle, Charles W. 1933-1957
34/11 Merritt, Dick 1959-1960
 
Accession No. 1940-002
King County Labor Council of Washington Records, 1970-2003 (Bulk: 1990-2000)
20.00 cubic ft. (20 boxes)
Arrangement
Accession 1940-002 is divided into four series: Administrative Records, Correspondence with Affiliated Unions, Subject Series, and the Committee on Political Education.
Scope and Content
The Administrative Records series include minutes from 1987-1997 and financial statements from 1982-1999. There also is Correspondence with Affiliated Unions from 1983-2003, including Service Employees, Teamsters, and United Food and Commercial Workers. The Subject Series includes information about labor related topics as well as correspondence with non-affiliated organizations from 1970-2002. The Committee on Political Education series includes mailings and subject files on political candidates from 1992-1999.
Records in the Council's custody following the earlier gift in 1969 are believed to have been destroyed.
Acquisition Info
Donated in 2004.
Processing Info
Processing level 1.
Box Date
Administrative Records
1 Minutes 1987-1997
12 folders
7 Financial Statements 1982-1999
Affiliate Correspondence
2 Aerospace Machinists Local 751 1970-1999
3 folders
2 Aerospace Machinists Strike Support Group 1995
2 Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) 1984-1998
2 Air Transport Dist. 143 1992-1995
2 Air Transport #1351 1985-1991
2 Air Transport # 2202 1993-1999
2 Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA) 1992-1999
2 Automobile Machinists 289 1988-1996
2 Bakery, Confectionery & Tobacco Workers #9 1984-1997
2 Boilermakers 104 1976-1998
2 Boilermakers Local 502 1993-1995
2 Bricklayers 1/WA 1988-1997
2 United Brotherhood of Carpenters (UBC) 13 1987-1999
2 UBC 1797 1985-1996
2 Carp. Reg. Council PNW 1984-1999
2 UBC 1144 1986-1998
2 Carpenters - Lumber & Sawmill Workers Local 2633 1985-1999
2 Carpet, Linoleum 1238 1986-1998
2 Cement Masons 528 1986-1999
2 Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW) 1988-1999
2 Communications Workers of America (CWA) 7800 1992-1999
2 Communications Workers Local 7800 1984-1991
2 CWA 7803 1985-1987
2 Communications Workers Local 9400 1990-2003
2 American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME) 1992-1997
2 County & City Employees Local 21 1984-1991
2 County & City Employees Local 2083 1987-1997
2 County & City Employees Local 2083C 1984-1998
2 Deep Sea Fishermans Union/SUP 2002
2 Electrical Workers Local 46 1993-1998
2 Electrical Workers Local 46 1985-1998
2 International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) 77 1985-1996
2 Electrical Workers Local 89 1990-1999
2 International Union of Electronic...(IUE) 1002 1989-1995
2 Elevator Constructors #19 1992-1997
2 Firefighters Local 27 1985-1994
3 International Airport Firefighters (IAFF) 1257 1982-1995
3 Firefighters Local 1352 undated
3 Firefighters Local 2024 1998
3 Association of Flight Attendants (AFA) 10 1989-1991
3 AFA 17 1989-1998
3 AFA 19 1990-1999
3 Garment Workers Local 17 1989-1995
3 Garment Workers Local 84 1992-1997
3 Glass Workers 1988-1993
3 Glass, Molders, Pottery, Plastics & Allied Workers 87 1988-1998
3 Glaziers 188 1986-1994
3 Government Employees Local 40 1991-1992
3 Government Employees 1170 1988-1995
3 Government Employees 3197 1988-1999
3 Graphic Communications International Union (GCIU) 767M 1988-1998
3 GCIU Dist. 2 1985-1999
3 Hotel & Restaurant Employees Local 8 1985-1999
3 folders
3 Hotel Employees & Restaurant Employees (HERE) - Organizing Project Expenses 1997
3 HERE Local 8/King County Organizing Project 1996-1997
3 Inlandboatmen's Union (IBU) 1989-1999
3 Iron Workers Union 86 1990-1998
3 Iron Workers Local 506 1988-1997
3 King County Union Retirees Council 1992-1996
3 Labor Council for Latin American Advancements (LCLAA) 1996-1999
3 Laborers' International Union of North America (LIUNA) 1239 1987-1994
3 LIUNA 242 1984-1994
3 National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) 79 1988-1996
3 International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) 9 1989-1998
3 ILWU 19 1989-1998
3 International Association of Machinists (IAM) 79 1988-1999
3 Machinists Local 282 1999
3 Machinists Local 1103 1991
3 Maritime Trades 1991-1998
3 Masters, Mates, and Pilots (MM&P) 1984-1993
3 Marine Engineers Beneficial Association (MEBA) Dist. 1-PCD 1987-1999
3 Metal Trades Puget Sound Council 1984-1997
3 Millmen Local 338 1984-1993
3 Molders Local 158 1988
4 Motion Picture Projectionists Local 154 1985-1999
4 Moving Picture Machine Operators Local 175 1989-1995
4 American Federation of Musicians (AFM) 76-493 1984-1999
4 NFL Players Association (Seattle Seahawks) 1988-1990
4 Newspaper Guild Local 82 (Pacific Northwest) 1984-1998
4 Office & Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU) Local 8 1997-1998
4 OPEIU Local 8 1996-1999
4 OPEIU Local 8 1991-1995
4 OPEIU Local 8 1989-1990
4 OPEIU Local 8 1983-1988
4 Operating Engineers 286 1984-1999
4 Operating Engineers 609 1982-1999
4 Painters District Council 5 1991-1995
4 Painters 300 1985-1991
4 Painters & Allied Trades Local 1094 1984-1998
5 Plasterers Local 77 1986-1993
5 Plumbers 32 1986-1998
5 Port Angeles Pilots 1990-1991
5 Postalworks - Seattle 1986-1999
5 Pride at Work 1997-1999
5 Print Trades Council Washington Oregon 1989-1998
5 Professional and Technical Engineers #17 1984-1999
5 Puget Sound Council of Senior Citizens 1988-1999
5 Sailors Union of the Pacific 1983-1998
5 Seafarers International Untion 1987-1992
5 Sea/KC Bldg Trades Commercial Organizing Program undated
5 Seattle/King County Building & Construction Trades Council 1994-1999
5 Seattle Building & Construction Trades Council 1973-1993
5 Service Employees International Union (SEIU) 519 1987-1996
5 Service Employees Local 6 1993-1999
5 Service Employees Local 6 1989-1992
5 Service Employees Local 6 1984-1988
5 SEIU - 925 1988-1999
5 SEIU - 1199 1992-1998
5 SEIU Local 1199 - Group Health Negotiations 1995
5 Service Employess Local 1199 - Hospital & Healthcare 1989-1992
5 SEIU 1199 - Providence Health System 1999
5 SEIU 1199 - Virginia Mason Nurses 1998
5 SEIU 1199/w Sea. Psych. Hospital 1998-1999
5 SEIU State Council 2000-2003
5 Sheet Metal Workers 66 1984-1991
5 Sprinkler Fitters Local 699 1973-2000
5 Stage Hands IA 15 1998-1985
5 State Employees 1488 1982-1998
5 State Employees 304 1990-1997
5 State Employees Local 435 1987-1995
6 State Employees 843 1988-1998
6 SteelWorkers 7945 1989-1998
6 Teachers Local 1789 (Federal Way) 1987-1999
6 Teamsters 117 1997-1998
6 Teamsters 174 1997-1999
6 Teamsters Local 174 1993-1996
6 Teamsters Local 174 (BFI) 1995-1996
6 Teamsters 763 1988-1998
6 Television & Radio Artists 1986-1998
6 Transit Workers 587 1984-1999
6 Transit Local 1384 1990-1993
6 United Farm Workers (UFW) Strawberry Campaign 1996-1998
6 UFW 1992-1998
6 United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) NW District Council 1989-1999
6 UFCW 1001 1979-1982
6 UFCW 1001 1983-1988
6 UFCW 1001 1989-1991
6 UFCW 1001 1992-2001
6 UFCW 1105 1982-1989
6 UFCW 1105 1990-2000
6 UFCW 1001 Evergreen General Hospital - Med. Center Bond Issue 1988
6 UFCW 1182 1988-1998
6 UFCW - United Staff Nurses (USN) Union 1990-1996
6 UFCW Local 554 1990-1999
6 UFCW Local 81 1984-2000
Subject Series
7 Affirmative Action 1996-1999
7 Agreement Dynamics 1990-1996
7 Alaska Fishermen's Union 1994-1996
7 Alliance for Education 1996-1998
7 American Income Life 1997-1998
7 Apprenticeship Opportunities 1992-2000
7 Black Union Organizations 1992-1998
7 Boy Scouts of America 1993-1998
7 Breakfast Group 1995-1999
7 Burma 1994-1998
7 CWA/Shuttle Express 1998
7 Cherry Point (Gateway Pacific Terminal) 1994-1997
7 Chopp, Frank 1998
7 Church Council of Greater Seattle 1993-1995
7 Church/Labor Coalition 1999
7 Church - Labor - Community 1993-1996
7 Confluence 1999
7 Costco 1993-1997
7 Community, Trade and Economic Development (CTED) - NW Rail Project 1995
7 Duwamish Coalition 1994-1997
8 Duwamish Coalition 1994-1995
2 folders
8 Duwamish Plan 2000
8 Duwamish Speeches 1995
8 Economic Development Council (EDC) of Seat & King Co. 1995-2000
8 Economic Opportunity Inst. 1998-2000
8 Economic Security Institute 1998
8 Education Committee 1990-1999
8 El Centro de la Raza 1994-1999
8 Emerald Downs 1993-1997
8 Freight Action Strateegy for the Seattle-Tacoma (FAST) Corrider Project 1997
8 Fast Track 1997
9 Federal Legislation Wards Cove Workers Act 1992
9 Federal Way Schools - Site Leadership Team 1996-1997
9 Football Northwest Inc. 1997
9 Freeway Hall Case 1987-1998
9 Global Mariner 1999
9 GOP Attacks 1996
9 Governor Gary Locke 1998
9 Governor's Appts. 1991-1999
9 Group Health/United Unions 1992-1997
3 folders
9 Guatemala/Starbucks 1994-1999
9 Herzmark, Jay (Safety & Health) 1998
9 ILWU International 1998
9 Immigration & Naturalization Services 1999
9 Independent Media Center undated
9 Industrial Areas Foundation (IAF) 1998
9 Institute for a Democratic Future 2000
9 Institute for Economic Security 1997
9 International Labor Communications Association (Scanner) 1994-1997
9 International Visitors 1998-1999
9 International Women's Day 1998-1999
9 International Workers of the World (IWW) 1996
9 Jobs with Justice 1993-1998
2 folders
9 Kent Unions 1997-1998
9 King County Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Services 1998
9 King County Contingent Work Task Force 1999
9 King County Corrections Guild 1997
9 King County Council - Partnership vs. Privatization 1994-1997
9 King County International Trade Initiative Board 1997-1999
10 King County International Trade Initiative Board 1997
10 King County Labor Summit 1998-1999
10 King County Living Wage Proposal 1998
10 King County Organizing Project (KCOP) 1992-1997
10 King County Regional Wastewater Service Plan 1999
10 King County Transportation Coalition 1999
10 King County Unions Coalition 1994-1999
10 Korean Labor Movement 1996-1997
10 (KCLC) Labor Agency United Way Budget 1990-1996
10 (KCLC) Labor Agency Sheet Metal Contract 1993-1995
10 (KCLC) Labor Agency/Worker Center Fiscal Sponsorship Agreement 1996
10 Labor Day Journal 1993-1996
10 Labor, Environment & Social Justice 1993-1995
10 Labor History Month 1993
10 Labor & Industries - ABC/AGC Lawsuits 1993-1999
10 Labor Mural/Judkins Park 1998
10 Labor Party 1993-1996
10 Labor Studies - Highline Community College 1996
10 Labor's Heritage 1997
10 Land Use Study Group 1995
10 Landmarks Preservation Board 1998
10 League of Women Voters 1994-1998
10 Livable Washington 1993-1997
2 folders
10 Living Wage 1996-2002
11 Lockheed 1987
11 Low Income Housing Institute 1995-1997
11 Maddy 1996
11 Maritime Alliance 1993-1994
11 Maritime: United States Longshore and Harbor 1993
11 Maritime Museum 1995-1998
11 Memo 1996
11 Memo - Train the Trainer 1996
11 Memo Training 1994
11 Metro Apprenticeship Guidelines 1993
11 Metro Council 1993
11 Metropolitan Parks District 1999
11 (United) Mine Workers Assoc. 1993-1994
11 Minimum Wage 1996
11 Senator Patty Murray 1997-1998
11 NAFTA (incl. Fast Track, Fair Trade, Etc.) 1989-1997
6 folders
12 NAFTA (incl. Fast Track, Fair Trade, Etc.) 1991-1992
12 NAFTA - Transitional Adjustment Assistance 1993
12 National Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice 1997
12 National Partnership for Community Investment (NPCI) 1993
12 National Planning Association 1994
12 National Political Congress of Black Women 1995
12 Neighborhood Funders Group 1998
12 Neutrality/Card Check Agreements 1999
12 New Party 1997-2001
12 Northwest Alternatives undated
12 Northwest Area Foundation 1995
12 Northwest Center for Progressive Research 1995
12 Northwest Labor Arts Festival 1995
12 Northwest Labor Arts Project (Teach-In Folklife) 1997
12 Northwest Rail Project 1995
12 Operating Engineers Local 701 1994
12 Oregon Farm Workers 1997
12 Organizing Committee 1996
12 Organizing 1995-1997
12 Out Front Labor Coalition 1997
12 Oil, Chemical & Atomic Workers 1995-1998
12 Sandra Oleson 1993-1996
12 Olympic Pipeline 1998
12 One-by-One, USA 1995
12 Olympics Bid - 2012 1998
12 OPEIU Local 8 Benefits 1995-2000
12 Organizer - Resumes 1993-1998
12 Pacific Coast Tradeswomen Summit 1997
12 Paycheck Protection Act 1998
12 People for Puget Sound 1993
12 Phone Banking (KCLC Delegates) 1993
12 Phone Banking 1990
12 Pico (S. Korea) Workers Union 1991-1993
12 Population & Development 1993
12 Port Coalition Misc. 1991-2001
12 Port Commissioners/Districts 1995-1999
13 Port Jobs 1991-2001
5 folders
13 Port Jobs Exec. Director Search 1997
13 Portworks (Business & Labor) 1993-1996
13 Port of Seattle 1993-1995
14 Port of Seattle 1986-1994
2 folders
14 Port of Seattle - American President Lines (APL) Expansion Project 1995-1996
14 Port of Seattle - Bell Harbor Int'l Conf. Cntr. 1995
14 Port of Seattle - Chuck Lare 1998
14 Port of Seattle - Columbia Research Group 1995
14 Port of Seattle - Global Labor Management 1993-1995
14 Port of Seattle - Harbor Maintenance Tax 1999
14 Port of Seattle - Independent Trucking 1996
14 Port of Seattle - Joint Labor Management Retreat 1993
14 Port of Seattle Reorganization Plan 1995
14 Port of Seattle - SW Harbor Project 1994-1995
14 Port of Seattle - Westin Marriott 1997
14 Poverty & Race Research Action Council 1994
14 Press Release Media List undated
14 Prevailing Wage 1991-2001
14 Prevailing Wage - Advisory Committee 1994
14 Prevailing Wage (Assoc. of Wash. Cities) 1995
14 Private Industry Council - Seattle/King County 1989-2000
14 Progressive America 1999
14 Progressive Electoral Coalition undated
14 Project Labor Agreements 1994-2000
14 Puget Sound Cooperative Federation (PSCF) 1994
14 Puget Sound Regional Council 1993-2001
3 folders
15 Puget Sound Transportation Investment Program 1993
15 Puyallup Fair 1989-1995
15 Pyramid Communications undated
15 Rainbow Coalition 1993
15 Rally's 1970-1996
15 Rebound 1989-2000
15 Regional Transit 1993-2000
General Notes: See Sound Transit.
15 Renton, City of 1998
15 Retreat 1997
15 Retreat Exec. Board 1994
15 Retreat 1991
15 Retreat 1992
15 Right to Organize 1998
15 Roosevelt Square Redevelopment 1997
15 Rutgers University 1993
15 SR 509 1996
15 Saturn 1995-1998
15 Save Our Industrial Land (SOIL) 1996
15 School to Work Coordinating Board - Seattle Public Schools 1997
15 School to Work 1996
15 School to Work Opportunities 1993-1996
15 Seattle Airport Third Runway 1993-1995
15 Seattle Chamber of Commerce 1988-2001
15 Seattle 18 (NLRB Rally Arrests) 1993
15 Seattle, City of 1992-2001
15 Seattle City Apprenticeship Opportunities Program 1998
15 Seattle, City of - Apprenticeship Advisory Task Force (AATF) 1997
16 Seattle, City of - Business & Labor Committee 1994
16 Seattle, City of - Commercial Advisory Panel 1994
16 Seatte, City of - Construction Advisory Committee 1998-1999
16 Seattle, City of - Downtown Action Plan 1993
16 Seattle, City of - Economic Development Task Force 1992-1994
16 Seattle, City of - Noise Ordinance 1999
16 Seattle, City of - Mayor Paul Schell 1997-1998
16 Seattle Comprehensive Plan 1992-1993
16 Seattle Center 1997
16 Seattle City Council 1990-1999
16 Seattle Commons 1993-1996
3 folders
16 Seattle Commons AFL-CIO Project 1994
16 Seattle Community College/KCLC Workforce Training 1997-1998
16 Seattle Community College/KCLC Leadership Comm. 1997
16 Seattle Housing Authority 1993-1994
16 Seattle Jobs Initiative (MOU Negotiations - Annie Casey) 1997-1999
16 Seattle Labor Temple Association 1992-2000
2 folders
16 Seattle/King County Health Department 1995-1996
16 Seattle Plan - Organizing 1988-1994
16 Seattle Police Management Association 1997
16 Seattle Progressive Coalition 1999
17 Seattle School District 1992-1997
17 Seattle Seahawks 1987-2001
17 Seattle Transportation Group 1994
17 Seattle Water Department 1994
17 Seattle Vocational Institute 1991-1995
17 Shipyards 1989
17 Shoreline Community College 1998
17 Snohomish County Labor Council 1989-1999
17 Solicitations for Contributions 1993-1998
17 Song, Oswald & Mondress 1998
17 Sound Transit 1998-2000
17 Speeches 1997-1999
17 Spirit of Puget Sound 1990-1993
17 Staley Caterpillar - Illinois 1994-1995
17 State Farm Insurance 1993
17 Steelworkers 1995-1996
17 Team Private Industry Council (PIC) 1983-1997
17 Tenants Union 1995
17 Third House 1995-1997
17 Tribes of Washington State 1996
17 UAW Region 9 1993
17 US Army School of Americas 1998
17 US Congress Progressive Caucus 1994
17 US Department of Labor 1993-1997
17 US Secretary of Labor/Alexis Herman 1999
17 Unemployment Law Project 1993-1999
17 Uniformed Command Association 1995
17 United Way 1999
18 University of Washington - Governor's Committee 1994
18 UW - Harrybridges Center for Labor Studies 1994-1998
18 WashCOSH (Committee for Occupational Safety and Health) 1991-1998
18 Washington Alliance for Manufacturing 1995
18 Washington Citizen Action 1990-2000
18 Washington Community Housing Network 1997
18 Washington Council for Fair Elections 1997
18 Washington Education Association 1988-1995
18 Washington Environmental Alliance for Voter Education (WEAVE) 1994-1997
18 Washington Environmental Council 1994-1996
18 Washington Foundation 1994-1998
18 Washington News Council 1998
18 Washington Single Payer Action Network (WASPAN) 1998
18 Washington State Public Interest Research Group (WashPIRG) 1997
18 Washington Toxics Coalition 1995-1998
18 We Do the Work 1994-1996
18 Welfare Reform 1996-2000
18 Welfare Rights Coalition 1995-1997
18 Wells Fargo (Steelworkers Dispute) 1998
18 Western Labor Press Association (Scanner) 1989-1998
18 Western States Center 1994-1996
18 Women in Trades 1996-1999
18 Woodland Park Zoo 1995-1999
18 Workers Memorial Day 1992-1999
9 folders
19 Workers Memorial Day 1989-1991
2 folders
19 Workers Monument 2002
19 Workers' Rights Boards 1998-1999
19 Workforce Alliance 1996-1997
19 Workforce Development 1999-2000
19 Workforce Investment Act 1999
19 Workforce Training & Education Board 1993-2000
19 World Affairs Council 1993-1997
19 World Trade Organization (WTO) 1999
19 Ron's WTO 1999
19 WTO Expenses 1999
19 World War II Memorial 1998
19 Wu, Henry 1995-1996
19 WA State Arts Commission 1994
19 WA State Attorney General's Office 1984-1994
19 WA State Bar Association 1996
19 WA State Dept. of Community, Trade & Economic Development 1994-1995
19 WA State Dept. of Fish & Wildlife 1996-2000
19 WA State Insurance Commission 1994-1995
19 WA State Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals 1996-1998
19 WA State Employment Security 1996-1998
19 WA State Health Care Campaign 1993
19 WA State Liquor Control Board 1996-1998
19 WA State Prevailing Wage 1988-1995
19 WA State Public Employment Relations Commission 1996
19 WA State Senate Correspondence 1993
19 WA State Labor Council (WSLC) Activists List 1995-1998
19 WA State Labor Council (WSLC) High School Students Summer School 1995-1997
Committee on Political Education (COPE)
20 Mailings 1999
Subject Series
20 Misc. 1999
20 Candidates 1999
20 Judicial Races 1998
20 State Legislative Races 1998
20 Minimum Wage Initiative - I-688 1998
20 Federal Races 1998
20 Initiative 200 1998
20 GOTV & Labor 1998
20 City of Seattle Proposition 1/Initiative 45 1998
20 HR 950 (includes 1997 HR 1951) 1998
20 WSLC 1998
20 City 1997
20 County 1997
20 Initiative 677 1997
20 State 1997
20 KCLC/WSLC/AFL-CIO 1997
20 WSLC 1997
20 COPE 1996
20 Legislators 1996
20 Judicial 1996
20 Seattle City Council, Pos. 6 1996
20 State Offices 1996
20 1st Cong. Dist. (Rick White) 1996
20 9th Cong. Dist. (Randy Tate) 1996
20 School Levy 1996
20 Other 1995
20 County, City, School Board 1995
20 Misc. 1995
20 Legislative Action Committee (LAC) Meetings 1995
20 Initiative 640 (Salmon, Steelhead, Etc.) 1995
20 Postal Service Privatization 1995
20 Omnibus Counterterrorism 1995
20 Legislative Session & National Legislation 1995
20 Election (Misc.) 1994
20 COPE 1994
20 Candidates Not Endorsed - State & Local 1994
20 Endorsed Candidates 1994
20 LAC File 1993-1994
20 Voter Registration 1992
20 Chris Gregoire - Attorney General 1992
20 Mike Heavey - 34th Dist. Rep., Pos. 1 1992
20 Michael Lowry - Governor 1992
20 Legislation - Federal 1992

Subject Terms
Organizations:
AFL-CIO. King County Labor Council of Washington Archives.
Central Labor Council of Seattle and Vicinity--Archives.
Domestic Workers Union (Seattle, Wash.)
Seattle American Publishing Co.
United Labor Advisory Committee Against Initiative 202 (Wash.)
United Labor Advisory Committee to Defeat Initiative 198 (Wash.)
Western Central Labor Union (Seattle, Wash.)--Archives.
Geographic Names:
Seattle (Wash.)--Politics and government.
Washington (State)--Politics and government.
Subjects:
Domestics--Labor unions--Washington (State)
Domestics--Washington (State)
Labor unions--Political activity.
Labor unions--Washington (State)--Archives.
Publishers and publishing--Washington (State)
Referendum--Washington (State)
Genre Headings:
Clippings.
Newsletters.
Photographs.
Titles:
Initiative 198 (Wash.)
Initiative 202 (Wash.)
Last modified: January 02, 2007
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