http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0439031
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alternative: [The Labour Statesman]
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2024-01-30
issued: 1929-07-05
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note: Age and Education Puts ManyWorkers on Shelf Organizer Young Addresses Vancouver Trades Council on Many Problems Confronting the Industrial Labor Movement ■\\fHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO with the middle-aged men in the industrial field who are being replaced with younger men, and what are we going to do with the younger men who have not got a college education, who are being replaced with men with college educations, said "Dad" Young, genera! organizer for the American Federation of Labor, at the Vancouver, New Westminster and Pistrict Trades and Labor Council meeting on Tuesday. These problems would not be solved untibthe job began to hunt the man, and that part was organized.labor's job. OrganizeT~Youog took the floor at the request of President Thomson, and stated that by listening to thc delegates' reports of wage and membership increases, he got the impression that we had a splendid movement in Vancouver. There were some conditions, however, that need- t> ed attention, and while he was hvre he was going to do what little he could to extend the co-operation so vital to the movement. He was being called upon to urge all unions to put up a united front in the building trades. Gains beyond expectations were being made in various parts of the continent, but where the movement was the closest bound together there the gains were the greatest. He referred to some instances of this in nearby cities, such as Portland and Seattle, where ra ^three-year blanket agreement had Been made covering the building trades. Higher wages and the five-day week were in operation as a result. In Tacoma the contractors had stubbornly opposed the movement, but are now willing to sign contracts with the unions, in order to keep pace with the building progress being made in Seattle and Portland. ■*. * Closer Harmony. Referring to the union movement, he stated that every union was a link to a chain, and if there was no break in the chain it made for strength. As an example, he suggested that all un…
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