http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0345326
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issued: 2017-03-28
issued: 1918-10-25
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note: We 1918 THE INDUSTEIAI, UNITY: BTBBNflTH Xn COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST OTFICIAL PAPEB: VANCOUVEB TBADES AND LABOB COUN JIL, AND' B. C. FEDEBATION OF LABOB POLITICAL DNITT: VIOTOBT TENTH YEAR. No. 43 EIGHT PAGES VANCOUVER, B. C, FRIDAY MORNING^ OCTOBER 2M918 / (la Vancou w\ City. 12.00 ) $1.50 PER YEAB Men Are Not Satisfied With Award Made by- Adjuster Local Conditions Demand an Increase of at Least V/i Cents Per Hour Mr. W. L. Macdonald, adjuster of shipyard disputes, has rendcrod his decision as to increased rntes of pay for the shipyard workers. . This decision haB been awaited for some time by the men ongaged in the shipbuilding industry. The docision, howover, has not met with any approval so far as can be learned, and while tho Macey award has not beon mado on the othor sido, it is expected to grant much more of an increase than doos Adjuster Macdonald 'h. Tho findings of the adjuster are as follows: "Olause 15 of tho working rulos and ratos of pay governing operations of shipbuilding and allied manufacturing plants in thc Province of British Columbia as from Juno 1, 1918, provide as follows: '' ' These rules to remain iu effect for the period of tho war. Thc wage rates will be rovised ovo.y threo months, according to official information on the cost of living as published in tho Labor Gazette of tho Department of Labor of the Dominion of Canada as applicable to tho Provinco of British Columbia.' "In accordance with tho abovo clause I havo investigated the cost of living iu Britiah Columbia, and particularly in the area affected by tho shipbuilding industry, and havo compared the fljguroB for the month of June and for the month of August, as contained in tho Labor Garotte, in order to arrive at tho amount of in- SETTLEMENT IN I LAUNDRY Influenza Epidemic Used by e Employers Without Avail rs Are Ready to Give ir Services Free to eet Sitaution idry strike still contiuues, the weok tho owners have a ruses to see whother they influence the strikers to go back to work. …

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type: 1.25
type: Unity of Labor: tbe Hope of the World
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type: 1918