The Labor Statesman
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alternative: [The Labour Statesman]
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2024-01-26
issued: 1927-09-30
aggregated CHO: https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/labours/items/1.0438915/source.json
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note: BT IHE VANCOUVER TRADES ^^>Vx COUNCIL Supported by Fifty-eight Local Unions NO, 17;—EIGHT PAGES VANCOUVER, B. C., SEPTEMBER 30, 1927 Trades Council Working Button (Orange) for the Third Quarter of 1927 FIVE CENTS PER COPY iguresjn.— Street Railway Dispute , Deportment of Labor Statistics Show that the B. C. Electric Railway Employees Are Getting: a Wage Below tye Average Cost of Living THE AVERAGE WAGE received by employees of the B. C. Electric Railway Company is at least $600 a year below what the j ? Department of Labor says is the average living1 costs of a family of i five in Vancouver. These figjures and statements were presented to I the arbitration board by W: H. Cottrell, on behalf of the B. C. Electric Railway employees, but the}' apply equally as well to every .other industry. Only the organized trades obtain anywhere near the published figures, and the unorganized, while getting considerably 'less.than the organized, act as a millstone around the necks of the men who band themselves together to increase their standard of 'living. Very few companies raise the wages of their employees .without a struggle, hence the better prepared you are to present your case the better and quicker are the chance of obtaining a wage suffi- ,-cient to at least supply the daily needs of those who toil. W. H. Cottrell said: c In considering: the wages that .should be paid and our request for an increase in wages, the question .naturally arises: "Wfiat are the present wages and what do they represent in regard to a reasonable standard, of living?" In answer to that question, Mr. Chairman, I am sub- F"-mitting to you a carefully prepared . statement showing what the average , cost of living for a family of five in Vancouver should be and in the compilation of this statement I have been guided as far as possible by 'figures obtained from the Labor j Gazette. While there is no sugges- | tion that $his~.xeflfesents the least I 'possible amtiUht of food and necesst- . ties for a fa…
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: 10.14288/1.0438915
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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type: Text