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  • An Unequal Clash: The Lake Seamen’s Union, the Lake Carriers’ Association, and the Great Lakes Strike of 1909
    An Unequal Clash: The Lake Seamen’s Union, the Lake Carriers’ Association, and the Great Lakes Strike of 1909 Text
    Daley, Matthew Lawrence, The Northern Mariner / Le marin du nord (St. John's, NL), Spring 2018, 119-38    
    Daley, Matthew Lawrence, The Northern Mariner / Le marin du nord (St. John's, NL), Spring 2018, 119-38  
  • Before a Failing Breeze: Sailing Labor in the Final Years of Sail on the Great Lakes
    Before a Failing Breeze: Sailing Labor in the Final Years of Sail on the Great Lakes Text
    Ioset, Benjamin, The Northern Mariner / Le marin du nord (St. John's, NL), Summer 2022, 175-200     Sailing commerce on the Great Lakes underwent a protracted decline between the mid-1870s and its ultimate disappearance in 1931. In its final half-century, the pressures of economic marginalization,
    Ioset, Benjamin, The Northern Mariner / Le marin du nord (St. John's, NL), Summer 2022, 175-200   Sailing commerce on the Great Lakes underwent a protracted decline between the …
  • Seaman's Union
    Seaman's Union NewspaperText
    Oswego Morning Herald (Oswego, NY), 8 Mar 1879     Seaman's Union Richard Powers, President of the Chicago branch of the general organization of the Seamen's Union, arrived in this city last evening and was met by a delegation of sailors and escorted
    Oswego Morning Herald (Oswego, NY), 8 Mar 1879   Seaman's Union Richard Powers, President of the Chicago branch of the general …
  • Seaman's Union
    Seaman's Union NewspaperText
        Seamen's Union Organization Perfected and Officers Elected. The sailors who had in hand for several days past the organization of a seamen's union a this port met last night in the hall corner of Wes
      Seamen's Union Organization Perfected and Officers Elected. The sailors who had in …
  • Oswego Morning Herald (Oswego, NY), 30 Jul 1879
    Oswego Morning Herald (Oswego, NY), 30 Jul 1879 NewspaperText
        At a special meeting of the Seamen's Union, held at their hall yesterday afternoon, it was resolved, that in view of the advance in freight rates, that sailors' wages be, until further notice, $1.25
      At a special meeting of the Seamen's Union, held at their hall …
  • Maritime Union Bulletin of the Great Lakes, July 1909
    Maritime Union Bulletin of the Great Lakes, July 1909 Newspaper
       
     
  • Syracuse Camera Club in Oswego Harbor
    Syracuse Camera Club in Oswego Harbor Image
        Photograph of Syracuse Camera Club boat docked on west side of Oswego Harbor, May 30, 1889 before the start for home. Note sign, "Lake Seaman's Union" on stone building at left.
      Photograph of Syracuse Camera Club boat docked on west side of Oswego …
  • The Union Strike
    The Union Strike NewspaperText
    Ogdensburg Journal (Ogdensburg, NY), 19 Nov 1868     The Union Strike Editor of the Republican and Journal: Ogdensburg, Nov. 18, 1868 DEAR SIR : I notice in yesterday's a card from Ship Carpenters' and Caulkers Union No. 29, concerning myself. Personal
    Ogdensburg Journal (Ogdensburg, NY), 19 Nov 1868   The Union Strike Editor of the Republican and Journal: Ogdensburg, Nov. 18, …
  • Suspension of Labor
    Suspension of Labor NewspaperText
    Ogdensburg Journal (Ogdensburg, NY), 23 Nov 1868     Suspension of Labor. Ogdensburg, Nov. 20, 1868 Editor of the Republican and Journal: Sir: We noticed in your JOURNAL of yesterday, a, few lines from our worthy friend G. W. Pearsons, Superintendent o
    Ogdensburg Journal (Ogdensburg, NY), 23 Nov 1868   Suspension of Labor. Ogdensburg, Nov. 20, 1868 Editor of the Republican and …
  • The Eight Hour System Adopted in Oswego
    The Eight Hour System Adopted in Oswego TextNewspaper
    Oswego Advertiser and Times (Oswego, NY), 27 May 1867     The Eight Hour System Adopted in Oswego. - We learn that the Ship Carpenters and Caulkers Union will commence working on the eight hour system on Monday morning, with the approval of all the bosses e
    Oswego Advertiser and Times (Oswego, NY), 27 May 1867   The Eight Hour System Adopted in Oswego. - We learn that the …
  • Notes among the Sailors
    Notes among the Sailors TextNewspaper
    Oswego Palladium (Oswego, NY), 12 Jun 1882     NOTES AMONG THE SAILORS The North Star Crew-- a Question of Revenue Law- The Blazing Star The schooner North Star has always paid union wages. Her crew heretofore consisted of two union men and a boy
    Oswego Palladium (Oswego, NY), 12 Jun 1882   NOTES AMONG THE SAILORS The North Star Crew-- a Question of Revenue …
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