The Labor Statesman
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alternative: [The Labour Statesman]
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2024-01-30
issued: 1929-07-12
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note: OWNED AND CONTROLLED Supported,by Sixty-two Local Unions NO. 272âEIGHT PAGES VANCOUVER, FRIDAY. fULY 12, 1929 FIVE CENTS PER COPY Architectural Institute of B.C. Favors 5-Qay Week By Unanimous Resolution Declares That It Is in Favor of Shorter Work Week for All Craftsmen in the Building Trades. SATURDAY morning work is unsatisfactory, nays the Architectural Institute of British Columbia. It is uneconomical for the contractor ami therefore increases the cost to the owner. The five-day week should mean the employment of more craftsmen, or more time per man, without increasing the cost to the owner. The Institute desires to co-operate with the building craftsmen in order to obtain quantity and quality for the owner of the building under construction. Replying tn a query from the Vancouver Building Trades Council, the secretary of the Architectural Institute savs: Mr. W. Page, Secretary, Building Trades Council, 531 'Beatty Street, Vancouver, B.C. Dear Sir: Replying to your letter that has been handed to me by our executive secretaryâin which you enquire concerning the attitude of the Council of the Architectural Institute of British Columbia on the problem of the adoption of the five- day week for Building Trades craftsmen. I should first, perhaps; inform you that the Council of the Architectural Institute of B.C., in order to save duplication of officials, is also the committee in charge of the Chapter affairs for the Lower Mainland, representing about 65 per cent, of the members of this Institute, so this reply is from both the Institute and the Local Council. Unanimously Favored From time to time during the last two or three years my council has considered the question of the five- day week, and about a month ago, by unanimous resolution, declared that it was in favor of its adoption, by all branches of craftsmen comprising the Building Trades, in this district, i just as soon as existing agreements are fulfilled. The curious condition that Building Trades craftsmen…
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: 10.14288/1.0439076
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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