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Up in arms: Dump truck drivers protesting unpaid wages yesterday block an Etobicoke site from which they hauled excavated material
Up in arms: Dump truck drivers protesting unpaid wages yesterday block an Etobicoke site from which they hauled excavated material

Up in arms: Dump truck drivers protesting unpaid wages yesterday block an Etobicoke site from which they hauled excavated material

Date5/12/1992
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Original Toronto Star caption: Up in arms: Dump truck drivers protesting unpaid wages yesterday block an Etobicoke site from which they hauled excavated material.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0012140F
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