The Labor Statesman
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alternative: [The Labour Statesman]
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2024-02-02
issued: 1941-04
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note: Tm vPsr«. • TOEACH ' Union MEMBER THE POLITICAL PARTY OF HIS CHOICE -t- ■■':■: BY Tiff VANCOUVER TRADES AND LABOR COUNCtt ... / '{" ... ^J-~ SUPPORTED BY SEVENTY-TWO LOCAL UNIONS r STRONG UNIONS SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER 508. VANCOUVER, CANADA, APRIL, 1941.. Price, 5 Cents GOVERNMENT BACKS ~ ORGANIZED LABOR'S - DEFENCE EFFORTS =*= Ottawa, Can.—Labor, annoyed at what it termed "non-recognition of ita policies" was assured by Prime Minister King that things would be different in the future. r» Before a delegation of 50 members of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada, the premier said: "I want to say right here and now before my colleagues in the cabinet that anyone —including ministers of the crown— who fails to do his utmost to insure the carrying out of the government's labor policies, is not helping the government in its war effort". 7 Cooperative Support Through President Tom Moore tHe Congress charged the government had failed to avoid labor unrest He __J* ."tod. hew organized.labor had of- —forod ita co-operative support- since the war started and declared the government and its representatives had not responded in the right spirit and had failed to enforce the principles governing labor relations which the government, itself, had embodied in the order-in-council of last July. Answering the charge, the Prime Minister admitted there was a basis for it, but explained that a number of men "with great industrial experience ' had been allowed to carry on with ap absence of government interference and that many of them had never before been connected with government departments. His statement was interpreted as a polite way of saying that the "big business" men who had been drawn into the government have ignored labor regulations because they were not accustomed to observing them in their own affairs. • Exercise Restraint '* • ;-. President Moore of the Congress told the Premier and the 12 ministers present that despite many aggravations the worker* have continued to …
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: 10.14288/1.0439467
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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