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: 1931-07-17
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note: Supported by Sixty-two Local Unions NO. 376-EIGHT PAGE'S VANCOUVER, CANADA, FRIDAY, JULY 17th, 1931 Unemployment Insurance Is Wanted Immediately Officials of Local Labor Movement Urge Government to Put ' .Jauiurance Into Effect and To Start Public Works; • • ' Request Action During Present Session _xh^_.hjunpr^ T^-^rjmtrrr-iiiuveiiieirr Jfir~V5ricouver voiced "tlieir Tentiments last Sunday at a special meeting in the Labor Headquarters, on the vital .question of unemployment. In the opinion of these men, unemployment insurance was the most practical way in which the Government could immediately and seriously cope with the situation. With this in vie.w, a night letter was sent to the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada urging the executive to immediately send a delegation to Ottawa and strongly point out the necessity of establishing unemployment insurance, this session. Some 300 officials representing the seventy-two unions and approximately 15,000 members affiliated with the Vancouver, New Westminster and " District Trades and Labor Council at tended a specially called meeting ' in the Labor Headquarters on Sunday evening to discuss the vital question of unemployment. Despite the fact that the delegates were of many political faiths, the meeting was practically unanimous in assenting to the remarks made and the resolutions and declarations passed. Every local union had been invited to send its officials to the meeting and the response was very good. Colin McDonald, president of the Trades Council, occupied the chair and outlined the reasons for the meeting. He also took the opportunity of stating that criticism was sometimes thrown at the Trades Council for what critics termed not taking an active part in the unemployment problem. This only showed, he said, that the critics were either not conversant with all the work that the Council had done and was doing, or wanted the Council to do things that past experience showed were not satisfactory or were of no real valu…
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: 10.14288/1.0439172
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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