The British Columbia Federationist
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issued: 2017-03-28
issued: 1918-11-01
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note: THE BRITISH COLU MBIA FEDERATIONIST INDUSTRIAL DMITY: STRENGTH TENTH YEAR. No. 44 EIGHT PAGES OFTIOIAL PAPBB: VANCOUVEB TBADES AND LABOB COUN JIL, AND B. 0. FEDEBATION OF LABOB =7* POLITICAL UNITT: VI0TOBT VANCOUVER, B. C, FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 1, 1918 LAUNDRY WORKERS Trades Council Executive Has Made Provision for Funds All Kinds of Rumors Are Being Spread to , Cause Unrest The laundry Btrike is still a most important subject of convorsation in labor circles, and from all sides 'nothing but congratulations aro received by the strikers for the manner in which the union is standing by the position it assumed at the commencement of the strike, and for the admirable way in whieh the picketing is carried on, particularly by the girls. They deserve all thc praise that can be handed to thom, for thoy are Bimply splendid. "No faltering" is their motto. Evidence of the satisfaction it is giving in labor circles was forthcoming in the action of the executive of the TradeB and Labor Council unanimously undertaking to secure funds for carrying on tho strike. They hnvo accepted that responsibility and tho union haa no cause for worry on the point. All thc strikers havo to do is to picket strongly, keop away new holp and win the strike. Tho Excelsior Laundry on Richards Street has signed up, and members of the Laundry Workera are now working at that laundry. This is tho flrst real fruitB of the strike. Mr. McNiven, Deputy Ministor of Labor, paid a surprise visit to the executive last Friday.( Being in town, ho said he thought he would liko to hear how tho striko was progressing. Ho hnd interviewed tho proprietors, individually, so as not to disturb them in getting on with the immenso increase in thoir business during tho woek, and also to ascertain their individual attitude. They were all of the same opinion; they would not conccfle tho closed shop. In fact they would not .mako an agreoment with the union. Singular unanimity, considering, as ho explained, that they had never …
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: 10.14288/1.0345449
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