Labor Wars of the Northwest

Discontent, radicalism and violence permeated the U.S. Northwest in the early decades of the twentieth century. Following the arrival of the railroads in the 1880s, tens of thousands of workers migrated there for jobs in logging, mining, and fishing - where they found poverty-level wages, crushing hours, and dreadful conditions. Conflict is examined in the context of a decades-long struggle, shining new light on tragedies like the Everett Massacre (1916), the Seattle General Strike (1919), and the Centralia Massacre (1919).