http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0438871
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alternative: [The Labour Statesman]
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2024-01-23
issued: 1925-04-03
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note: Labor Statesman Owned by the Vancouver, New Westminster and District Trades and Labor Council Official Organ of The Canadian Labor Party No. SO—EIGHT PAGES VANCOUVER, B.C., April 3rd, 1925 FIVE CENTS PER COPY Local Shoe Firm Adopts Union Label > I (By Tom Cory) Tradeunionists, and all those who elieve in fair play for the toiler, will Receive with interest the news that shoes made right here in. Vancouver are now being manufactured under conditions that are favorable to the "organized labor movement. \ The Christie & Stump Shoe Co have made an application for the use of the Union Stamp of the Boot and Shoe Workers Union, and in the course of a few days will be placing the emblem of the union on their products; , The fact that the.Christie & Stump Co. manufacture a shoe that is particularly suited to the. needs of this climate should also appeal to the purchasing public in no.small man ner. They make a ' wonderful shoe 6t a price within the reach of all who ■ pe-raye in good values, of genuine material and first class workmanship , The carpenter, bricklayer, teamster, iron-worker, painter, or in fact (Bfly style of a shoe from a 16 ineh logger, to sturdy shoes for school oys can be obtained in the Christie '-& Stump bTand, bearing the union .label, made right here in Vancouver. The Boot & Shoe Workers are asking the support of every worker in this seotion to assist them in ■building up a real live organization by demanding shoes which are impressed with the Union Stamp. However, it may not be amiss to call attention to Jhe.fact.that there are"-busine_B"tntei'ests within the city, as in all others, who do not care a whoop about -recognizing any organization so long as they can seek and (obtaiii the patronage of trade-unionists and their families. For this reason members of the various crafts are being urged to co-operate, by placing their purchasing power in well directed channels, by demanding the Union Label each time they riake a purchase. When trade unionists in t…

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