The Labour Statesman
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alternative: [The Labor Statesman]
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2024-02-06
issued: 1967-09
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note: THE LABOUR VAKCOOVER, _.<?., September, 1967 PRICE 10„CH STAMP OUT INJUNCTIONS HhHHHBh____^__^SH__8 ' ' ■ / n B.C.'s Interior: f IWA fights for L. C. Edgar, a par. Indian, and his wife were evicted last June from an apartment in North Vancouver because the landlords don't want "coloured" tenants. Read the story on P. 7. Statesman Goes Big On Oct. I, 1967, the Labour Statesman will publish 60,000 copies; during the following months, the paid circulation will increase steadily as more and more affiliated unions will join the subscribers. On Aug. 25, the Executive Council of the B.C. Federation of Labour approved this unique ...-move to make The Labour Statesman available to every affiliated member. Campaign Off to Good Start The campaign against the use of injunctions in labour disputes has gone off to an impressive start. The campaign is spearheaded and organized by the B.C. Federation of Labour. The Executive Council of the Federation decided on Aug. 25 to authorize $25,000 to be spent on the initial part of a publicity campaign against the use of injunctions. This decision was based on the enthusiastic response to date to the appeal for Dollars for COPE (Committee On Political Education). This means that every union is requested to donate $1 for each member to COPE. A number of unions have already forwarded the full amount for their locals. In the 1967 negotiations for renewal of two master agreements in the Northern and Southern Interior of B.C., the IWA is making an all-out effort to secure the same wages and working conditions as were established in the coastal area following the 1966 settlement recommended by Mr. Justice N.j T. Nemetz. ' -' Four local unions, representing 8,000 woodworkers in the area at their wages and contract confergnce,.in May, accepted the coast agreement as a satisfactory substitute for the two existing Interior master agreements. ONE AGREEMENT Acceptance by the employers would result in one standard agreement throughout the lumber indust…
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: 10.14288/1.0439705
language: English
lat: 49.246292
long: -123.116226
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Vancouver, B.C. : B.C. Federation of Labour
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