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: 1959-05-30
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note: J The OWNED RY THE VANCOUVER AND DISTRICT LABOUR COUNC Number 691 —• Eight Pages VANCOUVER, B.C., MAY 30, 1959 CHRIS RETIRES A Chair To Relax In After WCB Service Chris Pritchard, a veteran labor man and labor commissioner on the Workmen's Compensation Board for 17 years, will retire in comfort. Comfort, that is, in a floater rocker chair complete with foot rest. The chair was presented to Brother Chris by Vancouver Labour Council delegates this month as the former plumber wound up his long public service. He was given a rousing cheer of thanks by delegates ■—and he in turn thanked the the of officers and delegates of council, business agents local unions and the thousands of rank and file members who he said had given him support during his term on the WCB. Pritchard was first elected to the old Trades and Labor Council in 1929 as a delegate from Plumbers Union Local 170. He was business agent for Local 170 for many years and later became secretary ofthe Building Trades Council. He also was secretary of the Vancouver Trades and Labour 11 1959 LIBRARY 1 itablished 1924 PRITCHARD . . . After 17 years some comfort Council until 1942 when he was appointed to the compensation board. Protest Teacher Hiring Labor Says Summer Bus Jobs Should Go To Unemployed Men B.C. Electric has been strongly criticized for hiring 24 teachers as summer bus drivers at a time when unemployment •ClTiWlItB llif^n. Vancouver Labour Council supported the protest by Street Railway men's division 101. SRU said the company had hired 24 teachers and 16 university students for summer bus work. "The company gave as the reasons for hiring these people that they will be able to get them back for a number of summers and thus cut down oh training costs," SRU said. "Our Union does not control th hiring, but we have informed the company that we believe when so many of our citizens art out of work they should have definitely given priority consideration to hiring unemployed citizens and university students …
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: 10.14288/1.0439697
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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