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: 1928-12-07
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note: OWNED or statesman /inn rnMrnmrcn ^^JP BY THE VANCOUVER TRiVDES AND LA^R COUNCIL H Supported by Sixty-two Local Unions ■ aW.<?■',-fWL i-t — .,l*.-_> r'.*-^C- Trades and Labor Council Working Button (Blue) for the Fourth Term of 1928 NO. 236—EIGHT PAGES VANCOUVER, B. C, DECEMBER 7, 1928 Further Efforts Needed For a Five-day Week Organized Labor Desires the Introduction of the 40-Hour Week Into More Industries in Order to Relieve the ^Unemployment Situation P VERY EFFORT SHOULD BE MADE to advance the introduc- tion of the five-day 40-hour week, said Trades Council delegates on Tuesday evening. Massed production, lahor-saving machinery, speeded up workers, all tend to increase the period of idleness, without pay, of vast numhers of workers. The most satisfactory way to deal with this problem at the present time, under the present system of wealth production, affirmed many delegates, was to introduce the five-day 40-hour week in a greater number of industries. The subject was brought up by Del. Sussell of the Carpenters, who introduced a motion to have the secretary of the Council ask the Provincial Government to let all government contracts on ,a five-day week basis. He believed that it was better than the introduction of Unemployment insurance, because -the insurance dole, still kept men idle, whereas under the five-day week plan, men would still remain useful citizens. He pointed out that several unions in the city had adopted the five-day week, but it would have to become more general to be effective. , Other delegates, speaking on the subject, believed that it-would be better for the Trades Union Movement to introduce thc five-day week further in their own ranks, as most government contracts called for the prevailing rate of wages and conditions. Hence, if the five-day week was being worked by a majority of the trades on the work, then the five- day week would be enforced on the job. From that time on the fiye-day work week would supercede the 5H and 6. It was gene…
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: 10.14288/1.0439050
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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