The Labor Statesman
data provider: CONTENTdm
alternative: [The Labour Statesman]
is referenced by: https://resolve.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/catsearch
is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2024-01-30
issued: 1929-09-27
aggregated CHO: https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/labours/items/1.0439105/source.json
format: application/pdf
note: 1 NO. 283—EIGHT PAGES Railway Carmen Are Not Weakened by Dual Unions Canadian Locals of Railway Workers, With Membership of 120,000, Have Working Agreements With Two Transcontinental Railway Systems. RESPITE MANY YEARS OF OPPOSITION and villification by dual unionists in every part of Canada, the Canadian locals of International Unions have not only been able to withstand that fire, but have been" able tfi obtain favorable wage and working agreements from the Canadian National and Canadian Pacific Railways and also increase their membership. These Canadian locals of the International Railway Unions number a membership of 120,000, as against an alleged membership of 15,000 by dual unions of every description. Kansas City, Missouri.—The final chapter of the story of the sordid attempt of dual organizations to destroy the bona fide international labor unions in Canada has all but been written, according to Canadians who are here attending the sixteenth convention of the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen. Dualism, which at one time threatened to tear down the results of sears of effort on the part of the ' internationals, has practically dwindled into nothingness, they say. The Standard Railroad Labor Unions today have a Canadian membership of more than 120,000. A so- called national union, catering especially to railroad workers, boasts that it has 15,000 members. The Canadians discount this claim, but point out that, even if the dualists' contention is true, there isn't much basis for boasting when one considers that they havo been trying to smash the internationals for more than 20 years. McKenna's Inspiring Report In his report to the convention, General Vice-President Frank Mc- Kenna presented an inspiring chronicle of the progress of trade unionism in the Dominion. "From Nova Scotia to Vancouver Island, off the coast of British. Columbia, the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen is in an excellent condition," he said. "Today, Carmen who are not members of our organization ar…
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: 10.14288/1.0439105
language: English
lat: 49.246292
long: -123.116226
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Vancouver, B.C. : Vancouver and District Labour Council
rights: Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from the Digitization Centre: http://digitize.library.ubc.ca/
source: Original Format : UBC Library
type: Text