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: 1960-10
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note: WE MUST CUT HOURS, RAM WAGES: PAGE 7 SPECIAL REPORTS ON UNEMPLOYMENT: PAGE 6 MUTE OLD-TIMERS: PAGE 3 Labor*? _ Atesman OWNED BY THE T ^Jrt •* -V^ISTRICT LABOUR COUNCIL No. 7C8 — Ei"ht Panes Vancouvei .ctober, 1960 Established 1924 Labor's 'parliament' sets new policies A business-like convention of trade union delegates from all parts of B.C. last week laid down labors blueprint of action for the next year. More than 350 delegates attended the fifth annual convention of the B.C. Federation of Labour, one of the most successful meetings in its history. _r-*C * Fed may launch TV program B.C. labor may produce its own television show aimed at giving the public a picture of the role the trade union movement has played in the social development of the world. The proposal was made at the B.C. Federation of Labour convention. The Federation's executive committee said executive officers should explore the possibility of producing this TV show over selected outlets throughout the province. "We feel this could-provide invaluable, media for the creation of a sympathetic feeling towards the aims and objectives of the trade union movement and effectively answer the biased, antiunion propaganda being carried on this media and through—the press and radio," the commit-_ tee said. - The committee said it could be a "fairly costly undertaking." But it said the value would pay "the greatest dividends we have ever received from our expenditures in the field of public relations." A study of the possibility of producing the program, its cost and the methods of fin- ancffii^Tt^were proposed. A target date of Sept. 1961 was set for the project. Unemployment, political education and ihe battle against restrictive legislation were the big issues at the convention. .At the end of a full week's work of committee meetings and fi.7» sessions, delegates had-elected officers j with few changes frotr, last year, and had set the guidelines for HAPPY FACES I ,i&iA)iw*li*im,&,i&i>4btii*?*iimimm^* soun…
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: 10.14288/1.0439704
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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