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: 1962-06
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note: <_? t The Labor Stat No. 728 OWNED BY THE VANCOUVER AND DISTRICT LABOUR COUNCIL i VANCOUVER, B.C., JUNE, 1962 ,-**.-. ■■■^.p^MMyX.y.m^M^/ _$ „ - . I Play your holiday safe, 1 treat water with respect 1 e summertime is vacation time—and a time of water I tragedy. I Last year in B.C. alone, 153 people—including 41 young I children—lost their lives in drowning accidents. In almost . all cases of child fatality, it was fun followed by tragedy. Water recreation is fun, but only when the dangers | are known and the simple rules of safety are followed. Sj | § Knowing the dangers is the first big step to safety. ! Preventing the disaster by observance of easy practices is | the other necessary step to safety at all times Air-inflated toys can carry a wind-blown cargo of | tragedy on water, so restrict their use t3 the beach. Boating I without a life-jacket is not only against the law but is a I gamble with death. Fun on a raft claims a alarming number of lives everv year. The list is endless and the hazards are ever, present. Pulp men accept new pay pact Members of two unions representing close to 6,000 in the pulp and paper industry have accepted a 3Vfe per cent wage boost and-other improvements in a new one-year contract. More than 5,200 members of International Brotherhood of ■ Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers voted 70 per cent in favor oi the proposed ment which ar_p*-_i_«tiW™ proved holidays and job readjustments. Union international representative H. L. Stubby Hansen said the settlement package represented about 11 cents an hour. About 60 members of United Papermakers and Paper- workers earlier in the month had voted to accept a similar . contract settlement. The wage boosts are effective July 1. Hansen said the new base rate under the contract will be $2.10 an hour and the A mechanics rate is $2.96. Mills affected by the new contract terms areAt Wood- fibre, Ocean Falls, Prince Rupert, Powell River, Port Melon, Port Alice, Elk Falls, Port Alberni, Harmac and Cro…
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: 10.14288/1.0439679
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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