The Labor Statesman
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alternative: [The Labour Statesman]
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2024-01-23
issued: 1925-02-27
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note: The Labor Statesman Owned by the Vancouver, New Westminster and District Trades and Labor Council ^g/>» Official Organ of The Canadian Labor Party No. 45—EIGHT PAGES VANCOUVER, B.C., _ bruary 27th, 1925 FIVE CENTS PER COPY IK- . City Eflfineer Passes Up Fair Wage Clause Brings Machinist From East—Heating Contract Given to Unfair FiiTO'—Some Aldermen Oppose Given Contracts " . - to Unreliable Firms. '■..:_—■ ,'.'■' WE have always been of the opinion that City Engineer Bracken- ridge did not have-much love for^the Vancouver Worker, We rettiember his unsuccessful attempt to lower the wages of the Civic employees, and we note some of his peculiar actions of late. •We would like him-to-explain why it was necessary to send back east for. a machinist, to work in the City Machine Shops, when we have hundreds of first-class machinists in Vancouver who are tax-payers and who have been walking their shoes off for months looking for work. We have been unable to find out just-what relation this machinist is to Brackenridge. We also find that the City Engineer has of late become very forgetful. One particular instance of his Loss of Memory happened two weeks ggo. He forgot to put the fair wage clause in the contract foiMJie New Heating Installation at the new City Machine Shops. This was a contract which Was figured on by a number of reliable Vancouver Heating Firms, six of piem knowing that the city bylaws called for the fair wage clause on all city contracts naturally figur- t ed on hiring first class .maehanics J and paving Union wages. _'When the letting of this contract came up be-- Brackenridge recommended that the contract be giveh' to_,a certain firm who. does not employ. Union help and who admitted same. When the recommendation of the Engineer was read some questions were asked by Aldermen Rogers and Bennett and the' Engineer admitted not having the fair wage clause in the contract and tried to pull the wool over their eyes by explaining that it was not a 1 k. ^°") °* co…
note: Title changes in chronological order: The Labor Statesman (1924-04-25 to 1965-03), The Labour Statesman (1965-05 to 1969-09). From 1924-04-25 to 1965-03 The Labour Statesman was owned and published by the Vancouver and District Labour Council. From 1965-05 to 1967-07 it was published jointly by the B.C. Federation of Labour and the Vancouver and District Labour Council. From 1967-08 to 1969-09 it was published by the B.C. Federation of Labour.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Vancouver (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0438832
language: English
lat: 49.246292
long: -123.116226
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Vancouver, B.C. : Vancouver and District Labour Council
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