The Labor Statesman
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alternative: [The Labour Statesman]
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2024-02-06
issued: 1959-06-30
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note: V_^-' ?aBBE9 The Labor State OWNED BY THE VANCOUVER AND DISTRICT LABOUR COUNCIL Number 692 — Eight Pages VANCOUVER, BC, JUNF <>59 A MAN DIED t& 6s4». »~-**3*" I Wm Sets I run men Still _»ut V .\ >, i ■ , - Woodworkers Mark July 6 as Deadline, Second Narrows Tussle Continues Two major unions continued their determination to win fair and just contract settlements as the Statesman went to press. International i Woodworkers have set a strike deadline for the walkout of its 27.000 members for Monday, July 6. Coast woodworkers voted more than 90 per cent in favor of striking to back up their wage demands in a government supervised ballot. (See earlier story — page 7). Meantime, structural Ironworkers continued their strike to protect fare and travel time allowances in their contract and to win a wage boost. The dispute has involved court injunctions which directed the workmen to return to work on the southern section of the Second Narrows bridge. The IWA strike deadline was set by the union's policy committee at a special Sunday parley. , Joe Morris. IWA district president, said the policy committee had empowered the union's negotiating committee u "take whatever steps are necessary to open discussions with the employers in an attempt to reach a settlement without open conflict/' ■■;.' -.'• T~t • Ironworkers said employers' proposals on fringe benefits hi a new contract would pare the wage offer by 50 per cent. Companies of the Structural Steel Association of B. C. proposed sharply reduced fare and travel time allowances which would eat into the 32-cent wage offer. Between 600 and 700 men are involved in the dispute. This Workmen's Compensation Board illustration shows how one of the 208 workers who met death by industrial accidents last year was killed. The 28-year-old shovel operator had been instructed to move out of this positon in the pit (because of the danger of •« slide. • '■' " % . ~ * ■ ~- i He started to load another truck at the same location. A small slide oc…
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: 10.14288/1.0439670
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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