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: 1956-02-28
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note: t mm -V3 Number 686—Eight pages OWNED Cp^i^^^lhR^ EW WESTMINSTER AND Dlf 1 TRADES AND LABOR COUNCIL ANCOUVER, FEBRUARY 28 1966 Established 1924 Hon. H. Union Control Hon. H. H. Stevens, former minister.of trade and commerce in a federal Conservative government, was guest speaker at the annual meeting of the Greater Vancouver Industrial Development Commission this month. During his speech, "H.H." bitterly tore into labor and charged that "a tight little organization of paid labor officials is destroying the freedom of B.C. workers." He named Tom Alsbury, president of,Vancouver Trades and Labor Council as "running the whole show in his group with a few others." Mr. Stevens was quoted saying "the ordinary worker can't stand up and complain at his union meeting. He is told to sit down and if he doesn't he's out of a job. This doesn't lead to good unionism." The former cabinet minister was promptly invited to attend the last Trades Council meeting. He came, listened and commented later is was "a dull, plodding routine procedure which bored me completely." *"He"irs_d' "it went on and on and on." ! v • ■ Evidently Mr. Stevens becomes bored because a democratic labor meeting goes "on and on and on" so that delegates will be fully informed on all issues. Incidentally, President Alsbury sat at the same industrial commission meeting but had no chance to reply. But when Mr. Stevens attended the Trades Council meeting he was noV subjected to a similar personal blast. Hon. H. H. Stevens Labor Wins Ul Pay Fight Retroactive payment of Unemployment Insurance benefits will go out shortly to hundreds of unemployed workers who were disqualified when the new act was brought into force last fall, but who have now-been re-instated as a f j result of. labor protests. • _^ _^ _^ ^ Labor Minister Hilton Gregg r\ W M ^F admitted ip the House of Commons that rate of disqualifica- Th e Headliner • •• • * PRED.CTION — Labor's long campaign for an amendment to the annual holidays legislation in B…
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: 10.14288/1.0439952
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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