Shipbuilding in Washington grew significantly during World War II due to increased wartime production and government support, impacting the workforce and labor strikes.
Shipbuilding became a major industry in Washington as a result of the increased wartime production during World War II. The massive job growth occurred in companies such as Boeing Airplane Company and the Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation, with significant government spending for infrastructural development and wartime mobilization.
Key steps taken for wartime mobilization included exempting shipyard workers from military service, public relations campaigns to increase the workforce, using standardized parts for faster assembly, and the federal government taking over private ships for commercial use.
A significant labor strike in 1919 in Seattle's shipyards was influenced by the end of wartime price controls, leading to strikes by thousands of workers demanding promised pay raises.
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