Seasonal to annual labor Food and housing usually given but taken out of paycheck Lower wages than...
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ASIAN=LABORER?
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Contract Work
Seasonal to annual labor Food and housing usually given but taken
out of paycheck Lower wages than white workers
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Labor Contractors
The Oriental Trading Company
Furuya Company
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Mining
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Railroad
Northern Pacific, Great Northern and Monte Cristo Railroads
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Canneries
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Farming
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Non-stationary/sedentary Lifestyle
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Bachelor Society
Girls, girls, girls… Gambling Prostitution
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Hotels and Restaurants
“There is a feeling of home sickness in my conscious mind as I stroll along my favorite rendezvous (King and Sixth) and welcome the balmy breeze of spring made pungent
by the stench of garlic and the classic ‘adobo’ wafting its unique and tantalizing
aroma from cafes crowded by brown faces”
-Filipino worker
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Outside Seattle…
Tried to make themselves feel at “home” Food Tradition Friendships with other Japanese, Chinese,
Filipinos, etc.
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Racism
Rock Spring Massacre 1885
“The civilization of the Pacific Coast cannot be half Caucasian and half Mongolian”
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Resistance
Japanese Association of Washington Filipinos against contract labor
exploitation Hotels as the base of organizations