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: 1926-02-19
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note: Owned by the Vancouver4 New Weitminj Official Wan of The JH #" .« District Trades and Labor Council <*^g||&> m Labor Party No. 96—EIGHT PAGES VANCOUVER, B. C, FEBRUARY 19th, 1926 FIVE CENTS PER COPY ' ' ■ 'p —•* Building Trades Plan Organizing Drive A grant of $200 was made to the Building Trades Council by the Vancouver Trades and Labor Council at its regular meeting on Tuesday evening to assist in Building Trades organizing campaignd. The campaign will be launched in April, when a business agent will be nlaced in the field for an active membership drive. Each union affiliated with the Building Trades Council will pay a per capita into the campaign fund and each international office will be invited to also make a donation to the fund. i Private Co. Idea Turned Down Seventy-seven delegates were in attendance at the meeting when the question of amalgamation of the Labor Statesman and the Labor Advocate again came up for discussion, and the plan of forming a private company was non-concurred in upon the recommendation of. the Press Committee and the Executive Committee. . '■ The Hotel and Resturant Employees asked to have the-Carnat»ii Cafe, 1200 bXpck, Granville, street; placed dh the'unfair list. This was referred to the Erecutive Committee with power to act. This firm is alleged to be working some of its employees long hours at low wages. The Metal Polishers International .Union communicated with the council to the effect that the Cribben, and Sexton Company of Chicago, manufacturers of the Universal stove, is now fair to organized labor. . On the Unfair Litt The Enterprise Stove and Bange Co., at the request of the Metal Polishers' Union of SaokviIle,,N.B., was placed on the unfair list. . The Central Labor Council of Seattle informed the council that the railway and steamship companies are discriminating against the Union Tari Co. and the Por Hire Tari Co. in favor of the YellowJTaxi Cab and the Brown and White Taxi Cab Companies, both of these being non-union fi…
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: 10.14288/1.0438873
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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