Mutual Laundry Company

A labor-owned enterprise founded by the largely female Laundry Workers Union, Local 24 in 1915

Police attack meeting of Socialists and IWWs

Three weeks before the General Strike, police officers broke up a meeting of 3,000 who had gathered to protest US intervention in the Russian Civil War

Co-operative Union Market, a union-owned enterprise

Founded by the Butcher's Union, the market served families during the General Strike

Fisherman's Union headquarters, 1919

This building now occupies the site (34 Seneca) where the Fisherman's Union headquarters stood in 1919

Carpenters Hall, Carpenters and Joiners Local 131

Westlake Center now occupies the site where Carpenters Hall stood in 1919

Auto Drivers Local 234 headquarters

Now a parking lot, this was the site of headquarters of the Auto Drivers union in 1919

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Shipyard workers mass meeting draws 6,000

The January 26 meeting at the Hippodrome solidified the week old shipyard strike and set the stage for the General Strike

Free Tom Mooney mass meeting at Dreamland Pavillion

The campaign to free Tom Mooney helped set the stage for the Seattle General Strike. 4,000 workers attended this protest meeting Feb.22, 1918