The Labor Statesman
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alternative: [The Labour Statesman]
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2024-01-26
issued: 1926-03-26
aggregated CHO: https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/labours/items/1.0438962/source.json
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note: .... .-. :::, * V-- Owned by the Vancouver, New Westminster and l)ir Trades and Labor Council <^g|g^K> .« Official Organ of The Canadian Lab^J^o^ Jo. 101âEIGHT PAGES â¢ 'â ' â - â ' VANCOUVER, B. C., MAR'' = â ' i we > J26 FIVE CENTS PER COPY â¢ity Retail Clerks Take Half Holiday Offenders to Court tiff Firms Attempt to Ignore Wednesday Half Holiday Act â Employees Fail to Get Proper Action From Authorities âClerks Rally to Enforce the Act. JJTRENUOUS EFFORTS are being made by the Vancouver Retail Clerks Association to enforce the Wednesday Half Holiday, and :o get other working -conditions remedied. The Association is bringing the Hudson's Bay Company into court Us answer charges of Working its employees on Wednesday afternoon. The company has had several warnings, and, because the management persists in evading the law, the Association' has been forced to act. The trial is expected to take place aext Tuesday. Other firms have also evaded the Act. A recent case is that of daman's Ltd., 153 Hastings Street West. This firm was alleged to have worked eleven men on Wednesday afternoon, but Isador Claman pleaded that he-did not know tnat the men were working. The judge asked him if he permitted his employees to go back to the store to play baseball or some other game without his knowledge;-- If they went back, it Was to work, not to play ball, the judge said. The prosecuting attorney, however, could not find a copy . Spencer's Department Store were I alleged* to be going to work some of their employees last Wednesday, and I were warned by the secretary of the I clerks' .association, that they would be prosecuted if they did. The men did not woskti I . Because the authorities are' somewhat lax in prosecuting the cases, | the Retail Employees' Association are taking the cases to court themselves. Mr. J. A. Russell is handling their case against the Hudson's Bay Co.. The attacks on the conditions of the clerks are helping to build up a big organization. Beverage Dispenser…
note: Title changes in chronological order: The Labor Statesman (1924-04-25 to 1965-03), The Labour Statesman (1965-05 to 1969-09). From 1924-04-25 to 1965-03 The Labour Statesman was owned and published by the Vancouver and District Labour Council. From 1965-05 to 1967-07 it was published jointly by the B.C. Federation of Labour and the Vancouver and District Labour Council. From 1967-08 to 1969-09 it was published by the B.C. Federation of Labour.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Vancouver (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0438962
language: English
lat: 49.246292
long: -123.116226
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Vancouver, B.C. : Vancouver and District Labour Council
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type: Text