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Celebrate MLKCLC’s past, present at gala on Saturday
Tickets are $50 per person and are available online here. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for hors d’oeuvres and cocktails. The program begins at 8 p.m.
In 1905, the WCLU changed its name to the Central Labor Council of Seattle and Vicinity (often called the Seattle Central Labor Council), and became a key supporter of the era’s Populist movement. In 1968, the SCLC changed its name to King County Labor Council and in 2005 became the Martin Luther King, Jr. County Labor Council.
From operating the Union Record newspaper to calling the Seattle General Strike of 1919, from helping defeat statewide “right-to-work” campaigns in the 1950s to publication of The Scanner (1968-1992), from helping organize the WTO protests in 1999 to passage of Seattle’s groundbreaking $15 minimum wage, the MLKCLC has a long and proud history of successful advocacy.
For 130 years, this organization has fought to improve working and living conditions in Seattle and King County communities. Join them as they celebrate this organization’s proud legacy in 2018.