The Labor Statesman
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alternative: [The Labour Statesman]
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2024-01-31
issued: 1934-06
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note: Canada Needs a lot of new blood in its Federal and Provincial Parliaments to speed ut towards industrial rscovfry. OWNED AND COHTBOLLED _ -^-ja**.*'',Z....^ . V â¢Jfâ¢.! â¢ * â ' BV THE VRMCQUYER TRADES AND LABOR COUNCIL SUPPORTED BY SIXTY-TWO LOCAL UNIONS er and Shorter Hours Is the Big American slogan now being used in efforts towards industrial recovery. - ^JB_K No. 428 VANCOUVER, CANADA, JUNE, 1934 WUL Workers Aid 'Unfair' . Firms While the Workers' Unity League is complaining about the All-Canadian Congress of Labor accepting groups of former strike breakers into their organization, they are coining pretty near to the same thing here in Vancouver. The Bakers' Union and the Bakery Salesmen's Union, affiliated with the Vancouver, New Westminster and District Trades and Labor Council, have ' been fighting" several bakery firms for a number of years, one large one in particular having been on the "unfair'' list for a long time. It would seem that the. activities of the jinion membership "and. trades union movement, has eaten into the trade of this firm to such an extent that we now find some of their employees flashing alleged "onion" cards in an effort to regain patronage. These cards are issued by the Food Workers' Union, another offshoot of the Communist Party, but it stands to reason that the employer is not paying the real union scale. If the firm had intended to do that they Would have had their men join the big union. This appears to be either an attempt to break up the Bakery Salesmen's Union, by the Communists or by the bosses, which we do not know, but they have worked together before and may do so again. If in doubt about any bakery or dairy, phone Seymour 7495 and get the facts. - Musicians Have Incres-ise in Union Despite the fact that the Musicians Union in Vancouver has been hard hit by the withdrawal of orchestras from local theatres, the union still manages to keep up a good sized membership through the medium of dance and radio orchestras. Wheneve…
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: 10.14288/1.0439288
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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