Identifier

The_Province_Thu__May_3__1945

Title

Union Urges Cafe Night Shifts

Description

A newspaper article documenting the HREU (AFL)'s call for changes to shift work in cafes and restaurants, following the murder of waitress Olga Hawryluk by a customer. She had been returning home from work at 3am. Speaking for HREU are Mrs. Emily Watts, HREU organizer, and Mrs. May Ansell [AKA Martin], HREU Business Agent.

Format

1 newspaper article scan

Type

JPG

Creator

Ancestry

The Province (newspaper)

Is Part Of

Ancestry.com

Date

1945-05-03

Contributor

Karen Knights, researcher

Theme

See all items with this valueLabour

Sub-theme

Violence against women

Subject

Shift work

Violence against women service workers

Workplace-related violence

Waitresses

Government policy

Places, Locations and Nations

Vancouver, Canada,

Unceded Territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations

Source

Newspapers.com

Source Repository Description

Online subscription-based newspaper archive.

Provenance

In 2018, owner of The Province, Postmedia, made an agreement with Newspapers.com and ProQuest, a company that sells collections to the library and archive industries, to digitize The Province’s microfilm archives in return for lease access to their collection with restrictions.

Access Rights

Subscriber downloads open access.

Rights Holder

Ancestry.com