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: 1930-02-14
aggregated CHO: https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/labours/items/1.0439208/source.json
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note: • OWNED or Statesman AND CONTROLLED m^^m FY THE VANCOUVER TRADES AND LABOR COUNCIL Y\ •& , Supported by Sixty-two Local Unions 14 XO. 303—EIGHT PAGES VANCOUVER, CANADA, FEBRUARY 14, 19, Organized Labor Asks For More Social Legislation New Legislation is Asked for and Also Changes in Some of the Legislation Now in Operation for Benefit of Workers. O EPRESENTATIVES of the International Trades Union move- **• *ient made their yearly pilgrimage to Victoria to urge the government to consider not only new social legisation but beneficial changes in_ some of the acts already in existence. The British Columbia Executive Committee of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada was given an attentive hearing, not only by the cabinet, but also by private members, and were assured of favorable consideration of most, of the proposals. The committee said: Unemployment Situation We desire to again direct atten tion to the unsatisfactory employment situation throughout the province, particularly in the cities of Vancouver and Victoria. It is obvious that the problem has assumed proportions beyond the ability of the municipalities to solve. We therefore strongly urge that your Government reaffirm the resolution adopted at a recent session of the Legislature which called upon the Federal Government to create a National Unemployment Insurance Fund. In the meantime, we urge that Federal Provincial and Municipal authorities should heartily co-operate to more adequately care for the existing urgent needs of workless men. We suggest that your Government should immediately undertake an adequate program of road construction to absorb the unemployed of the cities. Workmen's Compensation Act We ask that excluded persons set in Part 1, Section 4, Paragraph B, engaged in undertakings costing in excess of $50 be brought under the provisions o fthe Act. This provision will take care of casual labor. All compensation to be based on the rate of wages being paid the workman at time of injury. Rate of co…
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: 10.14288/1.0439208
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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