The British Columbia Federationist
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issued: 2017-03-28
issued: 1913-05-02
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note: ~*—*mmmmmmm ■nupis*; o—aaosatmoaaotmamaam. v—mm COUVER TRADES AND LAHOR COUNCIL AND B. 0. FEDERATION OP LABOR. VANCOtryBai B 0. FRIDAY, MAY 2,191&. WHY NOT STRIKE, RATHER THAN STARVE. ASKS COMMISSIONER i Qaettloa. Labor, continued the chairman, was a commodity governed by the law of supply and demand, and why should the city 'pay more If that was a living wager If It was not a living wage, why did not strike rather than starve? I they ■ The above clipping I* from a report of the board now lnvesUiatlng th* charges brought by the Clvi? Employees' Union against some of th* City officials, tnd Is t portion of th* remark* of the chtlrman of that board with reference to * request that the pay of tb* man working for the water works be Increased to St cents per hour. If It was not a living waist I wonder what the honorable chairman of the board considers a living wa** . In so far as he Is concerned? Of course, we must understand that those person* who are compelled to . get out and dig trenches ln order to " provide themselves with the means of existence ar* not of the same superior kind of clay as his lordship the chairman of the board, snd there- tor* what he might consider a state of destitution as applied to himself Is considered decent living.conditions for that portion of humanity which make* all thing* possible. We cannot blame th* members of tha so-called upper el*** for thl* Una or reasoning. A* a matter ot fact they O* Justified la so doing, for the members of the working class continually debase themselves before their muter* and pltce In their hands, the poller to say ** to whether the worker shall exist or slowly starve to desth, aa the great majority are doing at th* present time. A living wagei What a mocking term to apply to the miserable pittance which th* average worker receives as th* price tor his labor power. Should the worker be a "good" mu, and to be a "good" man It Is essenUal that he be "strong in the back and weak In the head," he may get more stea…
note: Publisher changes in chronological order: Vancouver Trades and Labour Council (1912) ; The B.C. Federationist, Ltd. (1912-1915) ; The B.C. Federationist, Limited (1915-1922) ; The B.C. Federationist (1922-1923) ; The British Columbia Federationist (1923-1925).
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Vancouver (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0344880
language: English
lat: 49.261111
long: -123.113889
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Vancouver : The B.C. Federationist, Ltd.
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
type: Text