The British Columbia Federationist
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issued: 2017-03-28
issued: 1919-10-24
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note: THE BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST INDUSTRIAL UNITY: STRENGTH. OFFICIAL PAPER: VANCOUVER TRADES AND LABOJt COUNCIL, AND B. C. FEDERATION OF LABOR POLITICAL UNITY: VICTORY IELEVENTH YEAR. No. 43 EIGHT PAGES fUMBERMMI HITS SI BARNARD LOOKS IN VANCOUVER, B. C, FRIDAY MOVING, OCTOBER 24,1919 $2.00 PER YEAR (Lumber Workers Bring Him to Senses in Quick Time Uni^ % | Forces Admit 1 % ie Is Not Sure _ f Election [Government Contract Is for Ten-Hour Day- Men Want Eight At Hardwick Islnnd, while tho men woro in tho woods, ihe company ' flred tho cook nud put another in i his placo. Word wbb sent to tho I men, who immediately hold a moot- [ ing and demanded tho reinstatement I of the cook, top bunks to bo eut ' off, (5 minimum, timo and a linif r for overtime, earthenware utonsilH, E new house for cook and family, f double floors snd ventilators, pigs I to bo penned 300 feet from enmp. [ Tho compnny refused all demands, L«o thc men took a strike vote, I which was carried. Thoy immediate- Ply asked for thoir timo and started I to roll up. Then iho boss recon- I sidered hin previous decision and I decided to come through with all I demand!). The strike at tho Mainland Cedar I Company-'s Camp 2, Thompson I Sound, has been settled satisfactorily to the men aud a union crew bus I gone up to resume operntious. This only leaves strikes on hand' Iat Merrill, Ring nnd Moore's Camp, [Duncan Bay, where two points re- Imnin to he settled; also at Capilano. I At Stag Bay tho only Issue is tho I question of an eight-hour day. At Chase and Enderby tho men | are actively picketing the jobs nnd [ everything is qiiiM, witb many in- t dicalions thst- notion to obtain nn j c"gbt-hour dny will bo taken by other bodies of men throughout the I district. At J. A. McKenzie's construction camp at Ducks 42 men struck for ! an eight-hour day. Only three men wore slackers aud sttiyed in camp. This is part of Genernl Stewart's government contract, and it is in foresting'to know that the terms of thc contra…
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note: ■ Pln«* I believe in that to arbitration, the corporation stand all this, tho management should bc thing called moral power." Wo be* condemned. appointed by the peoplo, nnd tho lieve we're absolutely juat; the Iron and Steel Trades Confcderu urocoeds should im to th.i nroiliiiuri, wholo force of evolution Is tending tion— — -••;•""- *•"- -"<■ •""*", »■"•'• "ur wuy. Tho people fighting John Hodge, M.P., president ever, that there waa any easy way against the present social movement Arthur Pugh, secretary. out. Tho poople In Winnipeg had oro wook, and thoy know thoy aro Federation of Blasi Firemen— been willing to sacrifice everything, weak. The right, and tho ultimate Thomas MacKiunn, secretary and those wore tho poople who were triumph, is on our Bide. In that Amalgamated lion nnd Slcel Work ""•"" ' «■*•—•*. — "i thini, confidence wo go ferward—not be* ors of Scotland ism. He hnd not the resources or MFD GROWTH since thc fall of Austria-Hungary recorded remarkable success. Of course, it does not date from tho formation of the Czechoslovak nation as an independent atato. The following is a brief statistical sketch of its development: 1897,1,230 members; 1900, 13,140; 1005, 20,700; 1910, 60,518; 1912,100,- 448; 1914, 54,646; 1915, 31,183; 1916, 23,783; 1917, 42,044; 1918, 158,887. In 1919 the federations have shown that, at the end of the month of Juno,, the number of trado unions had reached a membership of 'at leaat 200,000. We quoto the number of members of the most important federations: Members, 1917. 1918. Metal Workers 13,873 Miners 3,601 Railway workers 6,084 Toxtilo workers 3,495 Chemical workere 406 General workera 1,167 „,„,., Among thia timber there are 23,* 706 women. Thc aocial activity of the federations is shown from the fact that thc workers' delegates representing thc trade union organization of all thc corporations nro recognised by the employers. Collective bargaining is uniformly and generally in force. Thc federations take part in the framing of …
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: 10.14288/1.0345522
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.
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