Horse harness makers unionize in Seattle in August 1906.

  • By Greg Lange
  • Posted 5/05/1999
  • HistoryLink.org Essay 1078
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During August 1906, 22 horse harness makers and leather workers organize a union, Local 156. Most of the trade joins the union.

In 1908, the harness makers were earning from $2.75 to $3.25 per week. They worked a nine hour day, six days a week (a 54 hour week).

 

Sources: [Washington] Bureau of Labor, Sixth Biennial Report of the Bureau of Labor Statistics and Factory Inspection 1907-1908 (Olympia: C.W. Gorham, Public Printer, 1908), 119.
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