Bellingham Central Labor Council.

The Bellingham Central Labor Council was established in 1891 as an American Federation of Labor-chartered representative body for members of local unions in Whatcom County, Washington.

The Council's membership comprised delegates elected from locally affiliated unions. From its inception, the Council sought to encourage unionization among local trades, and acted to faciliate communication and co-ordinate action among different groups of organized labor. Members sought to mediate wherever possible in disputes between local unions and employers, and to improve economic and labor conditions through the legislative process. They encouraged support of pro-labor parties or candidates on a local and national level, and engaged also in direct action through use of the boycott. From 1939, the Bellingham Central Labor Council issued a newspaper, Bellingham Labor News, covering labor-related issues and developments at the local and national level. In 1956, the Council was renamed as Whatcom County Central Labor Council.

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