On November 24, 1892, Seattle newspaper sellers organize the Seattle Newsboys' Union.
By 1902, 80 newsboys were members. They were paid per newspaper sold, some earning $2.50 per day. By 1918 there were 402 members including two females.
Newsboys in Seattle form union on November 24, 1892.
- By Greg Lange
- Posted 5/09/1999
- HistoryLink.org Essay 1086
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), 97; [Washington State] Bureau of Labor, Bureau of Labor Eleventh Biennial Report 1917-1918 (Olympia: Frank M. Lamborn, Public Printer, 1918), 86.
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