http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0439695
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alternative: [The Labour Statesman]
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2024-02-06
issued: 1961-03-31
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note: ■ ' . _V_~i—UUIIB '.fli The Labor States OWNED BY THE VANCOUVER AND DISTRICT LABOUR COUNCIL No. 713 Vancouver, B.C., March 31, 1961 PEOPLE AND THEIR PLACARDS Socreds *,,'"»S"3«*-«_^^ »^p5 labor law Combined opposition fails to halt anti-labor Bill 42 PART OF THE mile-long column of unemployed which moved through Victoria earlier this month in the protest march on the Legislature is shown in this Labor Statesman picture. The orderly demonstrators carried placards demanding government action to help create jobs and measures to relieve suffering of those who have been without work for many months. A full report on the march and the brief carried to the cabinet is carried in this issue of your labor paper. MILE-LONG PROTEST work, relief measures :-.W. \m\ VICTORIA — The largest post-war demonstration against unemployment moved in on the B. C. capital city this month. The labor-sponsored "march on Victoria" drew an estimated 1.7Q0 placard carrying, chanting unemployed who demanded government action to put more people to work. Sponsored by the B. C. Federation of Unemployed, the mass demonstration drew supporters from the Lower Mainland and all parts of Vancouver Island. It was an orderly demonstration. Delegations from the marchers presented a brief to the cabinet which urged: • A special debate in th* Legislature o n unemployment. BC statute strikes at race bias VICTORIA. — B. C. has become the sixth Canadian province to pass anti-discrimination legislation covering pub- lie accommodation. The new law bans discrimination by business firms which serve the public and also prohibits discriminatory advertising in connection with public accommodation. It sets a maximum fine of $100 for violations and contains provisions for investigation and conciliation of complaints. ' • Work projects in the public sector — building of schools, hospitals, roads, etc to put more people to work in a building program aimed at fulfilling needs of the day • A boost in the social assistance rate…
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