Tacoma Labor Temple

950 Fawcett is the site of the second Tacoma Labor Temple. Unfortunately, the labor council lacked the resources to maintain it so sold it and moved to the IBEW 76 building.

The original Labor Temple was the Baker Hotel, built at 1355 Market Street. The tremendous growth over the previous years, which promised to continue as war workers flocked to Tacoma, was filling union treasuries. Union members responded wholeheartedly regarding the Labor Temple Corporation’s request for one day’s pay. Remodeling of the Baker Hotel began on July 14, 1941 and in late October the unions moved in. The Labor Advocate was printed here. It had meeting halls, a lounge and a lunch counter. The entire building indebtedness was paid off by January 1943.