The British Columbia Federationist
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issued: 2017-03-28
issued: 1920-06-04
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note: THE BRITISH COLU INDUSTRIAL UNITY: STRENGTH. TWELFTH YEAR. No. 23 OFFICIAL PAPBB: VANCOUVEB EIGHT PAGES iBS AND LABOB COUNCIL. POLITICAL UNITT: VICTOBT VANCOUVER, B. C., FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 4,1920 $2.50 PER YEAR LOGGERS STRIKE AT Support Mill Workers in Demand for the Eight- Hour Day Lumber Workers Get ! Apology Prom P. Tier- | ney and The Sun All camps of the Meant Timber Co. at Buckley Bay are on strike ln ■upport of the mill workers of the aame oompany In their demand for an eight-hour day. The men at Cergll Co.'s camp at Broughton Island, Simon Sound, are out with a demand for better living conditions. All camps of the Comox Logging Railway Co: came out lost week for increased wages. This has been settled on terms satisfactory to the men, The eompany agrees to pay the fallers, loaders and buckers 50 centa a day raise, Other meft'a fata to remain as before. No dis- crimination and camp conditions to be improved until aecond to none on the coast. Mills Strike Shcvlln tc Clarke's sawmill and Shaw's,lath mill at Fort Frances are on strike for an eight-hour day. The district secretary, S. O, Neil appeals for financial assistance on behalf of the strikers, contributions to be sent to him at Box 390, Fort Frances, Ont. Swanson's Bay, Rasa Island, Union Bay and Usk strikes, still on. Kamloops . district convention, June 19th. Cranbrook camp delegates hold a meeting on June 20 to arrange for the business ef July general con- vention. The Coast district convention will be held early In July, the actual date will be announced in next Issue. Camps should make arrange ments to elect delegates, ao that the convention shall be as representative as possible. Questions for consideration ahould be taken up and thoroughly dlcussed. The general convention will also be held in July immediately after the Coast convention. Libel Action Settled After twelve montha' delay, the legal action for criminal libel taken against. P. Tierney, and the Vancouver Dally Sun, for publishing untrue …
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: 10.14288/1.0345397
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