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: 1963-10
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note: SEPTEMBER 30 i/OTF in B.C. provi council supports NDP V 1 USA*' 4S£ S-3 m m Statesman ection election program rses Medicare plan m OWNED BY THE VANCOUVER AND DISTRICT LABOUR COUNCIl NO. 744 VANCOUVER. B.C., OCTOBER, 19 , Established 1924 workers win dispute *-*I*strT_Imite negotiations worked out a settlement in a dispute at tbe major breweries and- hrought about victory for 5Q0 brewery workers in their drive for more equitable, wage rates. The settlement come as workers had voted to strike in five breweries — O'Keefe's Labatts, Cartings and Holsoo's on the Mainland and at Labatts in Victoria. Workers won an 18-cent hourly wage boost in a two-year contract to bring the rate at $2.50 an • hour. REJECT REPORT __-. The members of International * Brewery and Distillery Workers Locals 300 and 280 previously had turned down a 13-cent increase offered by the breweries and by the majority report of a conciliation board. Beverage dispensers in city hotels had offered.the brewery' workers full support in the dispute. '< * > Tbe brewery union had strongly criticized (tie conciliation board , chairman who took only seven minutes to rubber stamp- tbe companies' position despite an excellent case presented by the union. " . The union showed that productivity in B.C. breweries was higher than anywhere in Canada while brewery workers were receiving .lower wages than in Ontario — and B.C. consumers were paying more for their beer. None of these facts were refuted by the companies. Vancouver and "District Labour Council has thrown its support behind New Democratic Party candidates in the Sept. 30 provincial general election. Council delegates have strongly rallied behind the NDP's Medicare and government car insurance programs announced by the party—both major goals of B.C. labor for many years. Labor's election program also aims at the repeal of anti-labor legislation Bills 42 and 4.3 and other measures, i . Council secretary Paddy Neale, an NDP candidate in Vancouver Burrard, was p…
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: 10.14288/1.0439677
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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