The Labour Statesman
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alternative: [The Labor Statesman]
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2024-02-06
issued: 1968-01
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note: TTT THE LABOUR ■£€uei 1M0 V. _M.U0 3A\/ a3i_nvi.o^e CENTS Content. Preis~SfrTke(Photos John Heston's Poison Letters to the Editor Interview with Pi Leisure — Our C Union News Drivers Risk Ruinl Life's Compensati Who Will Hate Y ^yuefeats Ploy Unique Union Strategy Helps Win Press Strike Ed Benson, general manager of Pacific Press Ltd., joins Guild picket line outside plant More pictures on page 2. r,TO_ffiD \JtUyt CU ff/Utit (do _ i/wA ^,v3 ^^ 5,000 IWA Men Stilt Out; Employers Refuse Parity The refusal by the southern interior lumber employers association to take a second look at the IW^ workers' request for wage parity has caused a strike that idled 5,000 IWA members. The strike started on Oct. 4 and is now going into its fourth month. The hard and fast line taken by the lumber operators is an indication of what labour can expect in 1968 in labour-management relations. The southern interior employers' refusal to better the proposals by Mr. Justice Craig Munroe is obviously blocking wage parity now and in the future. It is the prime reason for the serious deadlock in negotiations. CLAIM INVALID The industry's claim that parity will wreak havoc on the industry is invalid. To wit: ^the fact that Weldwood's interior operation has already granted full wage parity to 500 IWA members. The company has announced a $1.4 million expansion program. / Fed Donates $5,750 To Workers A donation of $4,750 to the IWA strikes in the southern interior, and a further. $1,000 to. the .construction -workers respecting the lWA's picket lipes at Skookumchuk, has now been forwarded to the interior. The decision was made by the executive council of the Federation. The money was taken from the B.C. Federation of Labour's defence fund. The industry's prophesy of doom sounds strangely familiar. It is the same strategy used against most requests by organized labour for better pay and better working conditions and fringe benefits over the years. BORING ROUTINE The routine employed by the employe…
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: 10.14288/1.0439676
language: English
lat: 49.246292
long: -123.116226
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Vancouver, B.C. : B.C. Federation of Labour
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