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: 1954-09-30
aggregated CHO: https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/labours/items/1.0439943/source.json
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note: c W: The Labor Statesman OWNED BY THE VANCOUVER, NEW WESTMINSTER AND DISTRICT TRADES AND LABOR COUNCIL . i -._- gag* "A ' • NUMBER 669—8 pages VANCOUVER, SEPTEMBER 30, 1954 Established l0" s*0 Trade Union:'Cdn'gry^SvConV*dt'\^fi Tackles Major Is's' f/% Next Month ».. - „. '-—Photo bjrHux Lovely HUNDREDS MARCHED ON LABOR DAY when the annual parade of AFL and CCL tripped to the final day of the Pacific National Exhibition, but one small miss caught the crowd's eye as the Trades and Labor Council banners went by. Taking second place to the tiny majorette were Council executive Jack Henderson (left front) and vice- president George Johnston (right). With floats, bands and a good representation, the parade was a big success. Behind the Council banner can be seen cards of Barbers, Office Employees, Enamel Workers/School Teachers, Pile Drivers, Plumbers, Street Railwaymen, Painfers, Marble Polishers, Laborers, Fire Fighters; and others. • ••■•'• • The Headliner • • • • * HOW ABOUT THAT, CHARLIE.. . . A member of the Trades Council returning from a convention in the U.S., observed that union taxis in Vancouver were of a later model, were cleaner, better riding, and the drivers more courteous than the taxis and drivers in .Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Los An-- geles, New Orleans, Miami n and Chicago. Further, that the "clocks" in Vancouver taxis donV run as fast. • • * « Prize puzzle of the month was solved at the last Trades and Labor Council meeting when Secondary Teachers' delegate Bill Weaver asked: Just where CAN you buy Union bread?" (Continued on Page 6) Kitimat Tent Town Facilities Rapped Vancouver Building Trades Council has protested to Premier Bennett deplorable camp conditions at the Kitimat townsite and will urge the government to order the Aluminum Co. of Canada improve workmen's living quarters. Action followed Tuesday's BTC meeting when Joe White- ford, business agent of Building Material Truck Drivers Local 213 reported the poor conditions after a tour …
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: 10.14288/1.0439943
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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