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: 1927-04-22
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note: Trades Council Working Button (Red} for tho ' Second Quarter of 1927 < Supported by Fifty-thre..'■';£.*»cal Unions No. 157—EIGHT PAGES VANCOUVER, B. C, Trades Council Proves Immigrants Get City Jobs ! Vancouver District Water Board Permit* New Immigrant* To Eliminate Tax-payer* on Big Seymour Creek Job . BECAUSE MAYOR TAYLOR DENIED that non-English speaking immigrants were being employed on Water Board work pn Seymour Creek, the Trades and Labour Council Executive visited the place last week and verified the previous statement of President Thomson. With the exception of one small gang, all the pen employed out there are newly-arrived immigrants, getting Vages far below the regular city scale. ,' The Committee went out past the second intake to where the men were working and questioned some of the men. These men, being unable to 'understand or speak English, pointed ,to the foremen, as much as to say, if you want any information go to •him. This same procedure was gone through several times, fully convincing the committee that new immi- ^grants held the jobs instead of city ax payers or old time residents. iMost of these men are employed on [sub-contracts and nobody knows just how much they are getting in wages. [There can only be one reason for png preference to these men who not speak English and that must | a cheap labour. Thia work is being done for the [Vancouver and District Water Board |and although this matter has been placed before the officials before, in [connection with other work, the of- [ficials continue to ignore it. Investigate Pay Roll An investigation of the city pay troll by Dels. Bengough and Scribbins [covering men employed directly by f the city, showed that 46 new men [hired since the Water Board took ov- ler the work are all new immigrants. ■ Besides these, are the men working [for the'Contractors and sub-contrac- ftors, the majority of them being in the Same class. No Fair Wage Contract* Because the contracts have been (awarded, the Board of…
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: 10.14288/1.0438927
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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