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: 1939-03
aggregated CHO: https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/labours/items/1.0439261/source.json
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note: SUPPORTED BY SIXTY-TWO LOCAL UNIONS IBER 484. VANCOUVER, CANADA, MARCH, 1939 PRICE: S CENTS inquet To Be [eldbyBldg. Trades Building Tradei Council of luver, having made inch steady fcss during the put year, bald to hold a banquet at the end i month, delegates to the Building i Council are expected to be in lance when the banquet takes [in the Georgia Hotel on Tuet- _arch 21st f committee in charge have aa- the delegate! that there will be entertainment and all the trim- that go wtth a real banquet ditions in the construction in- 1 are again picking up and the lets for the next few monthi, ^t, are fairly good. two Woolworth stores ara built under International I labor conditiona. The Rae-ion More wai built under similar lions. Alterations dn the Columbia and Palace hotels ing done by international union and many other construction while not completely union, ing done by a large percentage on labor. the invitation of the council, Thompson of the Industrial his Board, addressed the dele- relative to minimum wage for the building tradei. Council Is riven Fair List n the request ot the Purchaa- ent for the City of Vancouver, •ades and Labor Council hai id him with a lilt ot union n the city. Tradei Council hn made num- efforts to get the City Council ither government bodies to inch a policy. The list which ve provided coven quite a [of supplies which the City ot luver purchases, but there is bom for improvement, io just It as builaesi Arms begin to lize the value of doing butinen V_anited labor, ao much sooner ey be able to benefit from tuch Ins are advised to keep the kry of the Tradet Council I on firms with whom they have bents, so that the City Council ' kept regularly Informed. tott Committee Reports Progress J Trades and Labor Boycott Ittee reports that the move- n Vancouver hat become one most active and important in intry. Thirty-live unions are >d in affiliation, and In eon- n with other groupt art carry' an intentive campaign. committea tuggetti that purchase …
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: 10.14288/1.0439261
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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