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: 1930-10-10
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note: ", % i J OWNED or Statesman AND CONTROLLED ^^^y By THE VANCOUVER TRADES AMD LABOR COUNCIL Tl Supported by Sixty-two Local Unions NO. 337—EIGHT PAGES VANCOUVER, CANADA, OCTOBER 10th, 1930 Woodwards' Fire Men and Employ Cheap Boy Labor Seventeen Boys Fill the Places of Discharged Men—Female Labor Is Also Exploited by This Big City Department Store l\rOODWARD'S DEPARTMENT STORE appears to be one of the worst offenders in the city in battering down working conditions, paying low wages, and selling questionable goods. This itore, which attempts to cater to working people, is not only lisplaciiig men with boys, but is alleged to-be paying several hun- Ired girls below the minimum wage scale. Last year the employees of the I leat department of Woodward's tarted to organize in the Amalgam- ted Meat Cutters' Union, and every lan joined the union. This did not ppeal to the management, although jiey 'did not say so, but apparently I ley started to weed out the union lien. Every once in a while some Ixcuse was made to get rid of a man, Ind in every instance.his place was I lied by a boy. This has been going In until the 17 men and 8 boys, of 1 few months ago, "have been changed |) 17 boys and 9 men. Six months ago there were 16 Inion men on the job, today there Ire not any. The remaining men |ave undoubtedly been intimidated -although they will not admit it— |> such an extent that they have not laid any dues and are therefore |utomaticalIy out of the union. Long Hour* The employees .are working 9% burs a day, 5H days a week, with hours on Saturday, for not more lan $27.75 per week. The boys are getting from $12.50 pr week up. Buyers Victimized J Stories told by the men lead us to plieve that there is not a very rigid laininalion of'the meat sold, in that ppartment, and, if the allegations re. true, then a lot of meat buyers re being victimized. This should kve the attention of the Dominion pvernment. The elimination of en, however, from this department | very detrimental to the…
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: 10.14288/1.0439143
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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