It was established as the Official organ of the Western Australian Labor Party – with the subtitle of "A journal devoted to the interest of trade unionism, co-operation and labour in politics".

In 1915 the Worker and People's Printing and Publishing Company amalgamated.

[3] The company also published union books and pamphlets as well as the Westralian Worker.

[4] The company was involved in broadcasting with interest in the Perth radio station 6KY.

[7] The editorial policy included tackling perceived biases of other Western Australian newspapers.