The Labor Statesman
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alternative: [The Labour Statesman]
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2024-02-14
issued: 1952-04
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note: Jif-b .■; . iti.^ '.!■■ I ■ SUPPORTED BY ONE HUNDRED AND FOUR LOCAL tOSTIOlSrS TO EACH UNION MEMBER^ THE POLITICAL PARTY OF HIS ^CHOICE fcABOK. «# * ■?■■ OWNED BY THE VANtOUVER, NEW WESTMINSTER AND DISTRICT i, TRADES & LABOR COUNCIL NUMBER 640 VANCOUVER,-CANADA, APRIL, 1952 Established 1924 NEARLY $400,000,000 m TO CANADIAN JOBLESS UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE during its first ten Wars of existence in Canada had proven, even in years of re'cord hich Z^TW bC ?'f lnestimable be«fit to the individual, the- coif lS. • ■: stated Ho^ Miiton R Qre^' &»4 of 1 affifi'oifclirf^ft^ °Ut-Jthat ?° the end of February, a total 0,^16,918,240 had been paid out in benefits since the inception of ™ri!yme,ntIfUf?nce Commission in 1941, and a total of I f^lCia.,?S f0r ,benefit wete Paid-up to the end of 1951. He ferine™ r*C nu,nber °f Persons covered by the-Unemployment Jo K% °Jv " \te*™y Tis'me and <*uoted the '""owing figures £,.™M ^ In ^ay, 1950, > there were 2,659.000 persons in DecentberT?95yrent; 2,989,00° by *&$/• 1951' and 3.170,000 on From the inception of the Unemployment Insurance Act, up to the latter part of 1960, the number of employers covered by the Act had increased from 160,000 to 227,000 Extension of the Act to cover employment in lumbering and logging across Canada, which took place in April," 1950, added considerably to the number of employers covered by the Act. By September, 1951, a further increase in the number ■ of Covered employers had brought the total figure to more than 243,000. BUILD STRONG UNIONS FOR SOCIAL SECURITY Suffering Relieved Mr. Gregg pointed out that although the Canadian economy had remained extremely buoyant, changes in the economy and in the international scene had resulted from, time to time in frictiunal . unemployment, while the cold Canadian winters continued tot cause spotty seasonal. unemployment It was not impossible to conceive the hardships which might have been suffered by the individual and, at certain times, the wider dampening effect …
note: Annual Edition. 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: 10.14288/1.0439920
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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