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: 1931-11-06
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note: W'Pio ._;;__■ Shorter flours _-_-. of work for labor will aid ia making life and working conditions better for all who toil for a living. OWNED AND OONTKOLLED Ef THE VANCOUVER TBADESAND LABOR COUNCIL Union Men>:^/ „f Vancouver district mi« halt a million dollars each month, and spend their wag** at homo with friend* of * or. Supported by Sixty-two Local Unions No. 391 VANCOUVER, CANADA, FRIDAY.NOVEMBER 6th, 1931 Price: Five Cents Organized Labor Urges Start on Public Works Eleven Million Dollars Worth of Proposed Public Works Suggested . >' »■ by Trades and Building Councils to Relieve Unemployment Situation Trades Council Favors City One Ward System Most of the city aldermen want to slosh around in their own little puddles, rather than take a chance at the present serious unemployment situatiorf in _he_hiiil.linft traxl<_i____>e_ig-eleeted by the city at large. A JOINT COMMITTEE OF THE BUILDING TRADES Council •and file Trades and Labor Council of the city of Vancouver, which was recently appointed to bring before the authorities the necessity of proceeding with a scheme of public works, to-relieve Vancouver and diSfrict, reported on Tuesday, night to the Trades and Labor Council a plan for-$ll,225.000 worth of public works. . The committee felt that an immediate start on public works, which bad alrcadfy been planned or approved, should be got under way. While there-at-- many new and necessary projects that could be suggested, the committee felt that it would have a better chance of getting work under way that, had already been planned or approved by the authorities, than to suggest a new line of work. The, pubtitrworkr 8uggene-^yTfiis~conT- mittee are things that are greatly needed and should not be delayed. The work will tend to relieve the desperate situation among the building trades and will also help the rest of the workers, if an early start is made on the projects. The committee intends to use all the power it can to get the authorities to start on these pro…
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: 10.14288/1.0439176
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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