The Labor Statesman
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alternative: [The Labour Statesman]
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2024-02-02
issued: 1941-06
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note: UUm^mnuuuuuuuwv^^^^^^^ââ - â sMwpzsxaSztfifimmwn^^ â -I-- TO EACH UNION MEMBER THE POLITICAL P.4RTY OF HIS CHOICE *r '. rf OWNED AND COTVTPOLLED â l â '!'! I BY THE VANCOUVER TRADES AND IABOR COUNCIL , jtf V"Tf-i I SUPPORTED BY SEVENJY-TWQLOCAL UNIONS STRONG UNIONS FOR social: SECURITY NUMBER 510 VANCOUVER, CANADA, JUNE, 1941 Price, S Cents WILL BE EXPLOSION SOME DAY OVER LABOR POLICY Action of Department of Munitions Official in Obstructing. Labor Is Condemned â Labor Getting Restive Over Policy Of One Man â JvVill Not Surrender Rights~ To Remain Loyal. Visitors Expected To Laborers Meeting 'pHE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MUST TAKE the authority "*" away from the Department of Munitions and Supply, and place it back in the hands of the Department of Labor where it belongs, James Sommerville, Canadian Representative of the International Association of Machinists, declared at the regular meeting of the Vancouver Trades and Labor Council on Tuesday evening. .This statement was made after the speaker had heard the report of Trades Council officers on the recent action of Mr. Chase, director-general of the. Department of Munitions and Supply, and after having explained his own experiences and the experiences of other Trades Union officials in other parts .of the country. Organized labor has a vital stake in the outcome of this war but We are not going to surrender our rights because of our loyalty. We are not going to let one man in Canada subject us to the same conditions as workers in Europe have' been subjected to, he said. Even employers are not permitted to make concessions to labor withofit the consent of Mr. Chase. / One of these days there will be an explosion, said Brother Somerville. But if this is to be avoided the only way to do it is to give the Department of Labor back its function of looking after the labor policy. Brother Somerville stated that soon after the war started a National. Advisory Labor Supply Committee had been set up by the government to advise the …
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: 10.14288/1.0439521
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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