The British Columbia Federationist
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issued: 2017-03-28
issued: 1913-03-21
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note: ma*-a*>aa- oaam slsnBs^psWWpil awmmmmm \) INDUSTRIAL UNITY: STRENGTH.. OFFICIAL PAPER: VANCOUVER TRADES AND LABOR COUNCIL AND B. C. FEDERATION OF LABOR. POLITICAL OWTY:' SlFTH YEAR. NO.-102. VANCOUVER, B.Cv FfilDAY, MARCH 21, 1913. $1-00 A' SERIOUS UNEMPLOYMENT PROBLEM IN VANCOUVER BUILDING TRADES In then piping dayi of "proiperity," when corporations and government! are buiy tpendlng thousand! of dot , lam In publicity promotion, for the purpoie of Inducing Jobless wage- workers to "oome to Canada' throw themselves upon the labor market, It may be intertiting to note thit thtrt are already thousands of skilled and unskilled workera out of work la Western Canada, even at thla tlmt ot tht rear, a time whan'Ordinarily tht lnduitrlil world li supposed to bt humming. ■ In Vancouver olty alone, especially among the building tradea, there are enough men available for twice the amount of work now under way. Out of 480 members of the Brick, layers' Union offleltl reports thli week ihow that only 191 are working. , : ■- The Plumben, with a membership of 160, havt 40 mm working. Of the outside Electrical Worken about one-third of the membenhlp aro on atrlkt, a! tbe result ot a failure to noun term! demanded from the B. C. Telephone Co. Tht lnildt Electrical Worken an fairly well employed, probably 80 ptr cent. Of 6« Tile Ltyara 25 are Idlt. "* Tht Painttrt art about M per cent employed, out 01 a membership of 170. ? . Tht Shttt Metal Worken have 20 par ent unemployed, out of a mom- btrahlpof 110. Tin par cent of the Elevator Con- itruoton tre Idle. Twenty per cent of tbe Cement Worktn are looking for lobs. The actual membenhlp of the Civic Employee! and Genenl Ltbore'n' Upton It fairly well employed, but then art hundred of men awaiting an opportunity to re-engage upon civic work, after a two months' spell of Idle- nm. s . Ai astounding at then unemployment figures are In Vanoouver, the ' bluest union of tbe lot, tht Carpenten' two unloni are the harden hit It would be lift t…
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: 10.14288/1.0344882
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