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: 1927-07-22
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note: falwr ^^^^ A0WWED m> CONTROLLED BY THE VANCOUVER TRADES AND LABOR COUNCIL Supported by Fifty-three Local Unions Trades Counoll Working Button (Orange) for tha Third Quarter of 1927 14 No. 167—EIGHT PAGES VANCOUVER, B. C, JULY 22nd, 1927 FIVE CENTS PER COPY Finding That Low Wages Do Not Mean High Profits "Slowly we are learning that low wages for labor do not necessarily mean high profits for capital," said Owen D. Young, of the General Electric Company, recently. - . And for general prosperity, Vice-President L. P. Ayers, of the Cleveland Trust Company, recognized as perhaps the foremost business commentator among American bankers, gives this formula: "High wages coupled with stable prices." —» Labor leaders have been saying the same thing for a long time, but until recently such utterances were considered treasonable in capitalistic circles. What has brought about .his change? Some people attribute it to a change in the personnel of management and ownership of industry; to the replacement of hard-fisted, labor-hating employers by more socially-minded men. This new type of industrial leader, they say, is stealing the thunder of the unions. They point to the wages and labor conditions in such great company-union industries as the one Mr. Swope is the head of as evidence that certain employers at least are willing to treat labor fairly without the pressure of organization. They forget that this "change" has only come about after some fifty years of agitation and organization on the part of labor. It wouldn't take that long, however, for them to change back to the old point of view if the pressure of organized labor was removed.—The Railway Clerk. Carpenters Organize Local at Kamloops A new local union, No. 1458, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, has been organized at Kamloops, B. C, and was*formaUy installed a week ago by J. W. Wilkinson, general office representative of the brotherhood. Plans to this end have been afoot' for a few weeks. Carpen…
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: 10.14288/1.0439013
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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