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: 1930-06-27
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note: - // " labor Statesman ^^l^^/h OWNED AND (X)NTROI--i-_r^^^^r BY THE VANO)liV-iRjM& AND LAbUR COUNCIL Tl Supported by Sixty-two Local Unions^F? «-_£i5W i-i NO. 322—EIGHT ^AGES Supported by Sixty-two Local Unions VANCOUVER, CANADA, JUNE 27, FIVE CENTS PER COPY STOP IMMIGRATION AND GIVE WORKERS A FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE Every political candidate should be put on record as to what is their attitude toward immediately stopping further immigration and putting unemployment insurance (not a dole) into immediate operation through Federal legislation, without reference to provincial governments.—Read our editorial on page 4. An Election Appeal From Labor Members Three Labor Members of the Federal Parliament Appeal to \ Voters to Return More Labor Members to House of Commons 'T'HREE LABOR MEMBERS of thc late Federal Parliament (1926-1930) submit their record to the judgment of the electorate, and suggest that the Independents may hold the balance of power in the next parliament, and that a co-operating group of Farmer and.Labor members could exercise an influence out of all proportions to their numbers. To the Electors throughout Canada: In 1921 two Labor men unfurled the Labor flag at Ottawa. In 1925 we lost one seat and gained another. The following year we regained the lost seat. In Great Britain there' is a Labor party in power. Here Labor has only three members in a house of 245. Throughout these years we have gradually developed a working eo-operation with the Independent Farmer groups, which now have IK members. By actual experience we have learned that in most matters we can count on the support of these allies, and, in some cases, receive help from Labor's sympathizers in the two major parties. What of our record during the last four years? We have tried at all times to defend the rights and advance the interests of all sections of labor —organized and unorganized. The outstanding concrete achievement is the Old Age Pension Act, under which some 40,000 old folk…
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: 10.14288/1.0439222
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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