Northwest History. Alaska. Science. United States.

• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1937
• Subjects: Alaska; Strikes and Riots; Northwest; Pacific > History > 20th Century; Pacific; Yukon
• Online Access: http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/101859

Canners Urge A.F.L. To Act In Labor War CANNERS URGE A. F. L TO ACT IN LABOR WAR-- Japanese Continue Picketing of Steamship Docks; Fishing In dustry Threatened, Wire Says-- Direct intervention of President William L. Green of the American Federation of labor in the Alska cannery workers, interunion dispute, which hasd tied up shipping between Seattle and the Northland was sought yesterdya by cannery operators. In a telegram which charged that delays will cripple Alaskal's larget indtry and throw thousand sof persons, directly or indrectly affected, out of work, A.I. Ellsworth, spokesman for the canners' labor committee, asked Green to aid in speedy and amicable settlement. Japanese in the newly-formed Alaska Cannery Workers Union continued picketing the Alaska Steamship Company dock yesterday, to prevent members of the rival Cannery Workers and Farm Laborers Union, mainly Filipinos, from shipping to Alaskan canneries. Both unions are affiliated with the A.F. of L. Beacuse Teamster Union memebers refused to haul freight throuh the picket lines, the steamer Yukon sailed Saturday with only half a cargo of freight, and the Alaska Steamship Company and the Northland Transportation Compnay postponed other sailings indefinitley. SIX VESSELS TIED UP--