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: 1931-09-11
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note: f V:--- ' ■...■■ .IptnT^T ; .1 - .;;■.-;;• t*fBt£r*T. Shorter^ Hours of work for labor will aid. in making life and working conditions belter for all who toil for » living-. aDor TjpjfflEp Arm oowmwTm Ef TOE VANCOUVER TRADES AND LABOR COUNCIL Union Men of Vancouver district oarn half a Billion dollars each month, and -spend their wage* »' home with friends of Labor. Supported by Sixty-two Local Unions No. 383 VANCOUVER, CANADA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER llth,. 1931 FIVE CENTS PER COPY What Are We Going to Do With Labor in future? Problem of Production Has Been Solved—Destruction of Crops Is Growing Apace—Labor Displacement Increases and Wages Are Decreasing QVER SEVENTEEN THOUSAND UNEMPLOYED are-registered in the'.city of Vancouver, and over 43,000 in the province of British Columbia, but these figures do not indicate, by any means, the numbers .affected By the present industrial depression. Thousands arc working short time but have not.registeted.-liera'rise they. "*iopeJ*"to he piit on lull time some time. Many'other hundreds, fearing that the only job eventually provided will be in road camps, and feeling and knowing that they cannot do this class of work, are also among the unregistered. Thousands' of others have had their wages reduced because the "depression" has affected their particular trade. The hired girl in Shaughnessy has to take her $10 reduction along with the dude shop walker in l)avid SpenCers, oi ihelTieadcIcrk over the stenographers in the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company's offices. He.nce, with the purchasing power of the masses, greatly, reduced, and the machines that displace labor all tuned up for tremehrlonjsjirodiietjon, iw -fail tn yer? '■Ipr^sptmity- —around the corner." Despite the fact that our Provincial Government has decided to pay 30c an hour for the relief road work, instead of 25c, as previously plan ned, this will not greatly affect the purchasing power of the toilers. The 44,000 people now idle in the province, and the thousands of ot…
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: 10.14288/1.0439201
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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