The Canadian Labor Advocate
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issued: 2017-04-03
issued: 1926-01-29
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note: ABOR .MAIDIAM With Which Is Incorporated THE B. C. FEDERATIONIST 3BF. teenthYear. No. 4. > VANCOUVER, B. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 192^ V ; -f Eight Pages, — ■ ■— ->' _■>>*/■ 5c A COPY MARY WORKERS 3EK RELEASE OF TAILED COMRADES LGARY,—Unemployed work- fere are demanding, the r'e- of their comrades who were to Lethbridge and Fort Sas- ewan jails for ordering in restaurants when they [iot have the money to pay .. . a following resolution "was d at a recent unemployed Ing,. and ordered sent to the ler of Alberta and to the iter of Public Works: 'hereas the 46 workers now~ ned In Lethbridge and Fort itehewan jails, after being aced to 30 days' imprison- on the 12th, 13th and 14th of January, 1926, for obtain- i meal for which they were le to pay. nd, whereas the conditions admitted by the authorities much worse than expected, id whereas the authorities, Investigating conditions in *ry„ have found it necessary xtend immediate relief to men. lerefore be it resolved that aforementioned workers be <ed Immediately, and return- the place from which they sent." copy of the resolution has .been sent to the Central ill of Unemployment at Ed- >n. i unemployed at the meeting the stand that the 46 men braved jail and dishonor in to bring the plight of their ides to the attention of the [rlties, and now that the -ities had decided that the lon was desperate enough to irate a new relief system, it fip to the fellows who were ing the fruits of their com- "victory" to do all ln their to secure their liberty. Canadian Workers Pro/ ^e More, *'ji.Ja,/ / tf But Get Less, Says Labor M.P. FEDERATED PRESS REPORT REVEALS VALUE TO LABOR /"\TTAWA.—That production per individual worker in Canada had increased by 40 per cent, since 1917, while real wages, based on the purchasing power of the dollar, had increased by only 11 per cent, in the same period was disclosed through figures produced by A. A. Heaps, Labor M.P. for Winnipeg North, in a speech in the House of Commons here. In opening his addres…
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Vancouver (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0344593
language: English
lat: 49.261111
long: -123.113889
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Vancouver : the Labor Publishing Co.
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
type: Text