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: 1935-07
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note: ^Public Works Si.m clearance and government finance. |0r home building .1 lead a general recovery for all industries. • r or Statesman AHD mm-oniim ^^^^ E ymamyER TBMES AMD LABOR COUNCIL fr7 SUPPORTED BY SIXTY-TWO LOCAL UNIONS Higher Wages and Shorter Hours ii tho Big American slogan now being used in efforts toward! industrial recovery. CANADA, JULY, 1935 Price, Five Cents Busier Times In Building Trades At the regular meeting of the Mding Trades Council held in the labor Headquarters Tuesday eve- Ling, there was again more spirit of 'optimism, as reports made by Secretary Page and delegates from local Lions indicated increased activity Lie various trades. At least three anions reported practically all mem- itts working and others had better 'prospects. lost of the work being done at the present time is alteration- work, lind there are iiuite a lot of new Mention jobs being figured on, but lie big construction jobs are getting nder way and will soon be scenes a! activity. Officers of the various unions live done i|uitc a lot of good work b getting these jobs lined up for !_ntemational union men, and, jn ii<w of the wage slashing policy of AlKJanadian unions and unorgan- J-Sed workers, it seems that wc have Ibeen making steady progress against -is element. Sometimes an em- itloyer is aware of the "boycott" list takes place after this element live completed a job, and the cm- nlofer makes a definite effort to mid this on future work. Such an inlance took place this week, when Hr. Lind, who has just taken over lie management of the Canada [Hotel, reminded our delegates that liens quite aware of the trade that He Hotel Canada lost after thc last alteration job there was done by dual lid non-union labor. He will not •ike thc same mistake that thc tamer owned did, he says. Building Trades mechanics have nod memories and when a job is Won or non-union it is remembered lor many years and the mechanics Beer their friends to or from these wees. The council, however, is Wto t…
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: 10.14288/1.0439260
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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