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: 1965-03
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note: Seventy-fifth anniversary tsion It was probably a cool, wet that Right ot November 'T*h*'meeting took place in Vancouver, near tho > of activity of the fast-growing young upstart city on the Pacific Coast the city had been officially mco. porated only three - years earlier. ;... -?**-■—.-; The city's population was about 1MN- Thefc were more than a dozen men from unions of Carpenters, Ptiitoreri, Printers and Painter^ from the Knights of Labor and the Amalgamated '~XS*l0mnmff%~mmJZ meeting . pfa ee^was Hall on Cordova "Resolved — That the, reproof the They chatted about the day, work that was - in the city. Then the was called to order by lo%i_ti ^Trrrntirr The business of the Dixon, president of the Carpen- mealing was thoroughly dis ters Union. ed, after which the following The old minutes, in neat hand- teaAMon writing in a hard-bound minute "it was .that still bears the price ley, of the of $2.35, were recorded by seconded by Geo. Irvine of the George Bartley of the Printers. by Goo. Bart- bor societies, now assembled in meeting, believe it to be in the nterests of all classes, of workingmen that nine hours should constitute a working day for all classes of labor, are of the opinion that the best means of accomplishing the same would be all classes of workingmen being thoroughly organised during the coming winter; "It is therefore resolved that the secretary of this meeting do request all labor societies Of •ihe City16 elect delegate* tea meeting to be Tiehf on^Decem- - ber 5th for the purpose of forming a Trades & Labor Council for the City of Vancouver to bike into consideration the nine-' hour movement and other matters pertaining to the welfare of workingmen.-* That was the start Fifteen days later, the formation of the> first Trades and tabor Council nine- of Vancouver was accomplished. The man who had chaired the saWS^mmSm ,,jtea_gij_B_ was elected the first presicT Jameson was named first secSP** Then tegular-; meetings began- to follow. The council set u…
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: 10.14288/1.0439735
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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