The Labor Statesman
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alternative: [The Labour Statesman]
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2024-02-07
issued: 1958-05-31
aggregated CHO: https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/labours/items/1.0439783/source.json
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note: ^ The Labor Statesman Number 693—Eight Pages STRONG BID FOR CITY COUNCIL OWNED BY THE VANCOUVER AND DISTRICT LABOUR COUNCIL VANCOUVER, M^qWneWlt Of U R E C E f V •• |TT""*T° i\\TFTr - Labour To En For December • • • • • • The Headliner *'•••* SCHOLARSHIPS ALL SET — Voting of $500 for continuation of Vancouver Labour Council's two UBC entrance Scholarships of $250 each, breezed through a council meeting this month to push the worthy project on its way for the second year. * * —* FALLING BEHIND—At one time, postal clerks were on an equal basis with firemen and policemen in wage rates. Today, a postal clerk with seven years' experience lags $100 a month behind, a first-class constable, according to A. B. Hutchins, Canadian Postal Employees'Association. Tiie postal group, newly affiliated with Vancouver Labour Council, has asked organized labor to swing its weight behind postal employees in their drive to improve their position. * * * LESSON? — The co-operation of the trade union movement in (Continued on Page 2) 0- MORE THAN 130 TRADE UNIONISTS toured agencies of the Community Chest this month including a visit with some of the appealing tots at Our Lady of Mercy Home. Shown here with Sister Francis Xavier and babies are Norman Musgrave of Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Edith Barr from Garment Workers. The tour was part of a successful two- day seminar on Red Feather operations —Photo courtesy of Voncouver Province Joint Planning Conference Proposed To Tackle Unemployment Problems (Special to Statesman) VICTORIA — In a direct appeal to Premier Bennett and the provincial cabinet, B. C. labor groups this month renewed the campaign for an early provincial- municipal - business - labor conference to plan an over-all campaign against unemployment in B.C. A delegation from B.C. Federation of Labour, including Vancouver Labour Council representa tives, met the premier and cabinet as a result of the Feb. 17 march on Victoria by some 300 trade unionists. "The consenus of informed…
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: 10.14288/1.0439783
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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