Tailors form Tailors' Union Local No. 71 on February 15, 1889.

  • By Greg Lange
  • Posted 5/09/1999
  • HistoryLink.org Essay 1083
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On February 15, 1889, Seattle tailors organize the Tailors' Union Local No. 71. Wages in 1889 are about $2.85 per day.

By 1902, there were 100 members who worked 10 hours a day, six days a week. In 1902, wages for both men and women were $3.00 per day.

Sources: [Washington State] Bureau of Labor, Third Biennial Report of the Bureau of Labor of the State of Washington 1901-1902 (Seattle: Metropolitan Press, Inc., Public Printer, 1903), 104.
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