The Labor Statesman
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alternative: [The Labour Statesman]
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2024-01-31
issued: 1936-11
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note: Public Works jhn clearance end j^rnmenl finance! („ home building 1 Isad a general rtcovery for *« Industries. labor Statesman Jg^l £)wi_gLA_£J2_QBajJt SUPPORTED BY SIXTY-TWO LOCAL UNIONS Higher Wages aaa tLasaSaa ib|__i___i ■n*J e-rflfJfTejr I I8JU.3) M tH# VtfJ AftltjftCtM aa________J ____> _____K______A_b ______ eJfBjfJ in •JsTfJTfe. Tt** .MBER 457. VANCOUVER, CANADA, NOVEMBER, 1936. PRICE: 5 CENTS wo Bakeries Sign Union Agreements mrt Action To Enforce Laws loyers are still finding their into court for infractions of lot our labor laws. There has [_stn quite so many during the I two months as there were in ■ previous months, but they take [filte a lot of time in court hm of adjournments asked by liters and their solicitors for ' u reasons. There is not any .., however, that employers of j are noting that the Department [Lsbor is determined to enforce t class of labor legislation and j therefore applying those atand- i ud regulations to their busl- ja, This undoubtedly will benefit icnployers who have to compete lint those who chisel on wages I hours of labor. No employer lid hsve to put up with the un- i competition that enables anker employer to have the advant- i through low wages and long [biome of the cases coming before courts, the Minimum Wage I hss been able to establish the i ruling, that employees who st two -liferent jobs in which il covered by a lower rate of than another, that the different i dull apply to each job accord- to the time worked. Men work- It apartment blocks and office lisp sre sometimes called upon do janitor work and run tho ater, but are only paid the ele- * operators' minimum wage The court ruling haa now . d this. the efforts the Minimum Wage has to go to in order to lores even the minimum wage . goes to show how necessary it to hsve a strong trade union rcnunt where the wage scale can • enforced without having to go to put snd also to maintain a higher Trades Cowd Notes Musicians' Union stated that they had placed Venice Cafe and …
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: 10.14288/1.0439230
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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