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: 1930-05-30
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note: OWNED AND CONTROLLED BY THE VANCOUVER TRADES AND LABOR COUNCIL Supported by Sixty-two Local Unions 14 NO. 318—EIGHT PAGES VANCOUVER, CANADA, MAY 30, 1930 FIVE CENTS PER COPY Anzac Labor Minister Urges Political Action Industrial Workers Should Use and Support the Political Arm of Labor—Unity of Action Will Get Results- Abhors Dual Unions. jaOT ONLY IS GREATER UNITY ESSENTIAL between the industrial and political wings of labor, but every individual trades unionist should recognize that industrial battles are better achieved if the political arm of labor is strengthened and supported, Hon. J. E. Fenton informed a committee of Labor men at the Labor Headquarters last Monday evening. Hon. James E. Fenton, Australian — Minister of Trade and Customs in the Labor government, accepted an invitation to attend a commrtt«»>of the Vancouver^ ,Trades, and Labor Council and the Independent Labor Party at the Labor Headquarters o'q Monday evening. The first matter dealt with was the attempt being made by the B. C. Lumbermen's Association to get the Australian government to give greater encouragement to B. C. lumber and lumber products. Delegates from the Trades Council informed the Hon. J. E. Fenton of the attitude of the organized labor movement towards this plan, and gave their reasons for it. He was informed that by means of the blacklist and orientalization this industry had been made almost impregnable to the organized labor movement, and it was therefore our opinion that a Labor government should not be a party to giving aid and comfort to tne enemy. Strong in Australia The organized labor movement is so strong in Australia that Mr. Fenton could hardly imagine how a union of 15,000 workers, embracing at one time almost a majority of the men. working in the B. C. lumber camps, could have been put out of business except for the apathy of the wirkers themselves. He was told however of the use made of the blacklist, of the closing down of camps, and of the inexhaustible supply o…
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: 10.14288/1.0439131
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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