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: 1931-10-02
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note: r; -"â "â¢â â¢J m* ,JSf.a7r tmeimm Shorter of work for labor will aid in making life aad working conditions better for all who toil for â¢ li-inr. aoor Statesman f /^OWNED AND OOKTOOLib m^^M BY THE VRMCOUVER TBJ.DES AND LABOR COUNCIL H Union Men of Vancouver district -ana half a million dollars each month, and spend their wage* at home with friends of Supported by Sixty-two Local Unions No. 386 VANCOUVER, CANADA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2nd, 1931 Friday, October 2nd, 1931 Financiers and Statesmen -Are Ail Agog Over Crisis Institutions Are Toppling Despite tbe Frantic Efforts to Save Them âPutting Up Tariffs, Scrapping the Gold Standard and Slashing Wages. Fail to Stop the Depression INDUSTRIALISTS, FINANCIERS AND STATESMEN are all 9t isea as to what to do to save their pet system from further chaos. llritish financiers have been turning somersaults with their financial institutions and liritish statesmen are-chasing every will-o-tjie-wisp ^n-an-effoTt ~%6r'bolster up"ffi."-otle"niig"ni3usfn_i"'u'liich once found markets in every part of the world. In the United States the industrial-magnates change their policies with every' new moon in an effort to cope with a stagnant situation, arid the Government and ^ijjjspcicjlijsit _Qn.±heâUap.'iiLa-liug_^pi --milli&nii-starve. The purchasing power- ofâsemeâtern millions of unemployed in the United States is almost nil, but the U.' S. Steel Corporation, which can pay millions to its officers in bonuses, orders a-10!per cent reduction in wages to its employees, thereby adding to the already depressed purchasing power of the masses. President Green pf the -American Federation of Labor continues his and organized labor's stand against wage reductions. The $25,000,000 slash in the wages of the thousands of steel workers scattered throughout the United States will not only affect workers in other industries,, but will also.affect the small businessmen who catered to the living needs of the employees of the mills. Even if the price of ste…
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: 10.14288/1.0439170
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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