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: 1931-05-29
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note: ________ _> :---/ ThoWNED AHD CO-TOM-IED ______ ^ W THE VANCOUVER TMDES AMD LABOR Supported byllixty-two Local Unions NO. 369-—EIGHT PAGES VANCOUVER, CANADA, FRIDAY, MAY 29th, 1931 All-Canadian Shows Big In Membership Government Report Indicates that All-... Is Decaying Very Rapidly—International Trade Unions Show Strength VANCOUVER AND,BRITISH COLUMBIA move into thjrd place, in the Government's report on trades union membership, British Columbia is placed third with a membership of 27,204, and Vancouver City third with a membership of 16,138, in the report just issued by the Department of Labor on labor organization in >. Canada for the year 1930. The All-Canadian Congress of Labor "shows a big decline in membership totalling 27,977 from that reported the previous year. The International craft union movement totals 203,478, 'and the All-Canadian 27,963. Provincial Membership The report of membership by provinces is: Ontario, 78,330; Quebec, 66,163; British Columbia, 27,204; Alberta, 22,043; Manitoba, 19,390; Saskatchewan, 9565. City Member-hip The membership in cities planes Montreal first, with 193 local branches, 169 of which reported 47,034; Toronto with 145 branches, 114 of which reported 31-692; Vancouver comes third with 111 branches, 96 of which reported 16,138 members; Winnipeg has 110 branches, 81 of which reported 14,214 members; Calgary has 77 branches, 68 of which reported 6830 members. The Vancouver Trades and Labor Council has 74 affiliations with a membership approximating 15,000. Dealing with this report, the Canadian Congress Journal has the following to say: A report of great value, not only to labor organizations but also to employers and public men generally is that published annually r>y the Department of Labor of the Federal Government under the title of "Labor Organization in Canada." The latest issue for the year ended December 31st, 1930, like its predecessors, is accurately compiled and contains a wealth of useful information relating to t…
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: 10.14288/1.0439171
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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