British Columbia Federationist
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issued: 2017-03-28
issued: 1923-08-31
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note: BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST INDUSTRIAL UNITY: STRENGTH Official Organ Vancouver Trades and Labor Council (International) .4 POLITICAL UNITY: VICTORY FIFTEENTH YEAR. No. 35 FOUR PAGES VANCOUVER, B. C, FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 81,1923 $2.50 PER YEAR Electric Railwaymen Present Case for Increased Wages to Conciliation Board FIRST DAY The conciliation board recently approved by the federal government to bring about an amicable settlement of the differences between the. Street and Electric Rallwaymen's union (employees of the company) and the Brlt- icm Columbia Electric Railway company on tho quostion of wageB and working conditions, commenced itB sessions Monday morning, AuguBt 7th. Documents authorizing the appointment of A. M. Pound as chairman of tho board, with the scope of the investigation wore received from the department of labor at Ottawa, and read at the outset by Mr. Pound. The other .two members of the board are Aid. R. P. Pettipiece, representing the, men, and A. G. McCandless, representing tho street railway company. Messrs. W. G. Murrin and W. Sa- ville will present the company's views to the board, apposing any advance in wages to the employees. Those comprising the joint advisory board of the union are: For Vancouver-^. H. Cottrell (chairman); F. E. Griffln (secretary), and F, A. Hoover. For New Westminster—A. J. Bunn and Jt. Higgins. For Victoria— W. Gibson and J. Pettigrew. The application made by tho men to the minister of labor for a board of conciliation and the letter that was sent in regard to it by the company were read, In the course of which it was shown that the men want an increase of 10 per conl. in wages over the present rate. This applies to the men in Vancouver, New Westminster and in Victoria. Such an increase, the union points out, would put them in practically tho same position they were before January, 1322. On the other hand, thc company argues that there is no Justification for such an increase, that the cost of living is less tha…
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: 10.14288/1.0345465
language: English
lat: 49.261111
long: -123.113889
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Vancouver : The British Columbia Federationist
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
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