The British Columbia Federationist
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issued: 2017-03-28
issued: 1917-02-02
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note: INDUSTRIAL UNITY: HJBENGTH BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST OFFICIAL PAPER: VANCOUVER TBADES AND LABOR COUNCIL, AND B. 0. FEDEBATION OF LABOB POLITICAL UOTTY: VICTOBT 0.5 EIGHT PAGES VANCOUVER, B. C, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1917 (In Vaneoaver City 12.00 1EF0R EFFECTS IN FI Aldermen Will Hold Inquiry and Endeavor to Settle Disputed Point Firemen Blame the Working Conditions for Defects of the Force AS the result ot a combination ot public will shortly be treated to circumstances, the Vancouver an aldermanic investigation of .the city's Are department at which lt is proposed to take up the entire ques- tlpn of the efficiency and discipline ot the force as well as investigate certain individual cases concerning which complaint has been made. The immediate cause of the Investigation is a series of indefinite state* ments made at the meeting of the civic lire and police committee last Thursday. The purport of these was that at the recent fire at the Wood, Vallance & Leggntt warehouse, Are* men were found to be "loafing" on the job and that some members of the force were guilty of pilfering from the firm's stock during the Are. The offl* cialB of the fire underwriters' association supported these statements and Joined thereto a general statement as to the Imperative need ot the entire Are department being re-organized in order to give proper service. When the statements above noted were published, expressions of opinion were publicly made to the effect that the city authorities were themselves responsible for any existing defects ln the organization of the Are Aghting force owing to their "starving" of the department on the plea ot economy, their refusal to follow the advice of the responsible heads of the force and their neglect to consider the request ot the firemen for the consideration ot such working conditions as would tend to prevent such wholesale desertions ' from their ranks as would Interfere seriously with the efficiency of the de* | partment. Firemen Issue Statemen…
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: 10.14288/1.0345172
language: English
lat: 49.261111
long: -123.113889
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Vancouver : The B.C. Federationist, Limited
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
type: Text