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: 1963-05
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note: Voters did not give pro-nuclear mandat Vancouver and district trade unionists have proles- lested the proposed acquisition of nuclear arms for Canadian forces at home. or in NATO forces overseas. , Vancouver Labor Council will join in a post card protest io Prime Minister •'•*.:.::''':''^ The Speech from the Throne indicated that the Pearson government intends to press forward wjiih the plan to accept nuclear warheads for Bomarc missile bases in Canada. The April federal elec tion that gave the Liberals a minority government did not endorse a" pro-nuclear role for Canada, Labor delegates declared. ' In the popular vore, ine Liberal party, which campaigned for Canada to accept its nuclear commitments — commitments that have been danied by the former Torjgovernment— received only 41% of ihe vote; Other studies'of tha April voting show thai as high as 60 per cent of ihe MP's elected either campaigned against nuclear weapons or did not speak in favor of a pro-nucl In view of ords — which voiced public opposition nuclear arms for Canada— the prime minister should abandon bis stand and negotiate a non-nuclear role for Canadian farces In Wes iern defence. Labor We need more like these OWNED BY THE VANCOUVER M -mBOUR COUNCIL NO. 739 -J VANC6lMR,TC, ^y77?63~ Established 1924 COUNCIL STUDIES PROTESTS Students job plan provides no pay Protests against the department of education's on-the- job training program for students will be studied'by a joint labor committee. Retail Food and Drug Clerks Union has protested that students would receive no pay while working under the pro-' posed plan. Said . clerks secreary William Wells, "For any person to work without wages is Contrary to the principles--jof trade unionism and. contrary to our democratic way of life in Canada." ^Eariteif protests said the program would merely, pro^ vide a supply of cheap labor to employers. Vancouver Labour Council secretary Paddy Neale and B.C. Federation of Labour secretary Pat O'Neal. will' study the r…
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: 10.14288/1.0439760
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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