The Labor Statesman
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alternative: [The Labour Statesman]
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2024-01-30
issued: 1929-04-12
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note: NO. 260— EIGHT PAGES VANCOUVER, B. C, FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1929 Does The Egg Rancher Want to Slash Wages ? DESIDES OPPOSING the standard of wages asked for l'>y members of organized labor, the managing secretary of the1 newly- organized Egg Pool intimates that he will employ the cheapest kind of labor in the grading of eggs. If the Major is expressing the opinions of the farmers, then we believe that the farmers are very ill-advised, and wh<*Ti they come looking for support from organized labor they \-Sll probably have a very hard time convincing us that they are y^rthv of our support. Following the report made at the i last meeting of the Vancouver, New Westminster and District Trades and Labor Council, delegates of the Egg Graders' Union and the Secretary of the Trades Ctmncir^fFmewed^he "Managing Secretary of the Egg Pool at the head office in New Westminster. The Major received the delegation with his thumbs stuck in his. arm- holes and chair tilted back in a what- can-I-do-for-you-men attitude. This sWas particularly amusing to one who has interviewed very many men in slightly larger puddles and Pools. The Egg Graders again stated their case and asked for recognition of their wage scale, $30 per week—a wage received by many of them, from private firms, at the present time. In some instances the wages are higher •than this, but the union has set the above scale as a minimum. After the delegation had stated their case the BIG MAN gave HIS verdict. He stated that the farmers organized .in the Pool, will not pay anything like such wages for egg irrading. And, just to show how Big Hearted these farmers are going to be, he said that they are going to UBe the Women's Minimum Wage Act as a basis for the wage they will pay. They will eliminate the men from the job and get girls for the job, just as other wage-slashing corporations are doing. Men who have spent many years at the business will find themselves relegated to the scrap heap, or forced into some other trade, just…
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: 10.14288/1.0439035
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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