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: 1957-12-14
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note: ■ ^Lf I " ^^m The Labor Statesman OWNED BY THE VANCOUVER AND DISTRICT LABOUR COUNCIL Number-.688^—Sixteen Pages VANCOUVER, DECEMBER 14, 1957 BCFL ANNUM A Established 1924 From the Officers of the Vancouver and District Labour Council, a simple and heartfelt wish to the thousands of members of affiliated unions: . May you have a holiday season filled with happiness, and may the New Year be filled with prosperity and good will of the kind that brings happiness and security to all. ilbrnj i * it' ft & BCFL BRIEF Other Stories ... Pages 11,13 it it it YEAR END Messages ...rage 3 ir it it ANTI-UNION Bosses Planning ...Page 12 Hasting St. Christina* I walk on a street all silver and 'green (Thank God! not running dark red), In the heart of the season a spirited scene (Thank God I where no child lies dead) Peace weaves with invisible thread. I watch the shop windows all wondrous and wide (Be proud! we have kept them whole), And laugh with each child and ran with him inside (Be prondl war has not seared his soul), For Christmas unchanged was our goal. —Johnny Canuck, Vancouver. Go To ..*--■ ri.'-(.I..- ram- Action Urged On Jobless, Labor Act, Compensation Immediate government action to meet the alarming unemployment crisis, and a new deal in workmen's compensation and provincial labor codes were three major issues put before, the provincial cabinet by the B.C. Federation of Labour this month. The. brief declared unemployment had reached emergency proportions. It stated that the Compensation Act was creating pant dissatisfaction" among workers. It termed the Labor Relations Act "one of tfffe most stringent" in North America. A 16-man delegation led by Fiderafifc. President Bill Black met in cabinet in Victoria. The presentation backed decisions of the October Federation convention and represented the voice of an affiliated membership of 105,000 trade unionists in B.C On unemployment, it declared: "The spectre is spreading across the whole of Canada, and few* H gripping the h…
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: 10.14288/1.0439955
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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