The Daily News
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2021-06-23
issued: 1922-06-20
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note: Bags Big Bear AT GRAY CREEK See Page 5 Ifctaw (?$& Buys Lots for MEMORIAL PARK See Page 3 VOL. 21. NELSON, B. C, TUESDAY MOKNING, JUNE 20, 1922. NO. 51. CONCILIATION BOARD ISSUES WAGEREPORTS Majority Report Recommends Wage Reduction of 30 Per Cent LMPLOYERS PROPOSE MUCH GREATER CUT 'art Time Employment Curse of Coal Industry, Is Stated OTTAWA, Juno 19.—Majority and lnorlty reports of the board of con- illation ln the miners' dispute of louthern Alberta, were Issued to- Ight. The disputes laid between tho Vestern Canada Operators' nsso- iatlon and their employees, members of District 18, United Mine Yorkers of America. The majority •port is signed hy WY E. Knowles, loose Jaw, chairman of the board, ,nd E. Ostlund, lethbridge, miners' presentatlve. It recommends a vage rate entailing a reduction of pproximately 30 per rent below the fttes hi effect when the work ceased n March 31. The minority report is signed by L G. Drinnan, local coal operator, epresenting the employers. It proteoses a reduction of from 37 to 40 er cent on the wages of the late greement. The mines in question are situated the southeast corner of Prltlsh ToJumhla and southern Alberta. ^Agreement Expired March 31 The agreement under which work as been carried on during the last years expired on March 31 and he mines involved have been closed rom that date, the miners refusing o accept the severe wage cut of rom 40 to 55 per cent which the perators claimed was necessary to *rmlt operation. The mines when operated fully em- iloyed nearly 12,000 men. but for ;ome time before the lapse of the igreement, coal market conditions ad heen bad nnd the payroll had Iropped to about 7000 men, who, noreover, were employed only part me. Tho majority report further ob- •lerves that part time employment a the "circe of the coal Industry." "Miner? are the, chief aufferera; ohsutnere pay for it. In the Drum- Teller field, the majority report re- narks, "thc annual revenue of the tilners In many Instances Is a miserable…
note: The Nelson Daily Miner was purchased by F.J. Deane in April of 1902 and renamed The Daily News. It changed hands again in May 1908 when it began to be printed by the News Publishing Co. managed by W.G. McMorris.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Nelson (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0398623
language: English
lat: 49.493333
long: -117.295833
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Nelson, B.C. : News Publishing Co.
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source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
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