The Labor Statesman
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alternative: [The Labour Statesman]
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2024-02-06
issued: 1962-11
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note: _n C â¬ ...IN I I IIT R DEFENCE FUND â An:; emergency meeting of tho j; B.C. Federation of Labour ex-'! ecutive this month studied;! the current labour disputes,:; the increasing use of court:; injunctions, the use of strike-:; breakers and B.C.'s anti-labor:; legislation, then called on; unions to contribute to * de-:j fence fund. Vancouver La-:; bour Council responded:; quickly, recommended a $500 j: contribution and urged other; unions _o give as much as: they could. : SILENTâThe minister $ of labor and the attorney-^ general were so strangely !â¢:â¢ silent during recent strike ijij problems in Vancouver, it $ appeared to the B.C. Fed-;.;: eration of Labour that the | Socreds had abandoned all !;â¢! responsibility for B. C.'s; g anti-labor legislation andg were relying on injunc-S tions and police dogs to :.;;! maintain, industrial peace. % The Federation promptly £ invited the pair of minis-:;;; ters to address a public f- meeting in Vancouver to 1 explain the government's g: position on labor legis-g: lation and the wholesale g use of injunctions. So far,:.g silence. $ - * * * %. REFERENDUM â The vote by gj Western Canadian region IWAJ* Tnemtters Has returned incumbent *: - officers to their posts. President m Jack Moore and first vice-presi- \ dent Jack MacKenzie had been sg returned by aclamation and the A vote has re-elected Jack Hoist as w* second vice-president; Bob Ross k as third vice-president; and Fred « Feiber as secretary-treasurer. â¢:} â¢ â¦ â¢ g SHOPPERS â Surrey people | have rallied behind the slrik x ing Retail Food and Drue'.'; Clerks union who* are on J: strike against Zeller's store;!;: in the Dell Shopping Centre;:, in Whalley. The union has â¢:â¢; been prohibited by injunction;;;; â uDheld this month ;n an':j: appeal to the B.C, Court of 8 Appeal â from picketing the'.'; store in the shopoing centre $; ond have been compelled to X; p;cket outside the centre. But *! maddened shoppers, after;:;! selecting articles in the store J.: refused …
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: 10.14288/1.0439746
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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