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Union station still has Tomb-like stillness about it as most strikers stay on the streets
Union station still has Tomb-like stillness about it as most strikers stay on the streets

Union station still has Tomb-like stillness about it as most strikers stay on the streets

Date9/2/1966
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Original Toronto Star caption: Union station still has Tomb-like stillness about it as most strikers stay on the streets. Pending local membership meetings; rail workers keep picketing. Hundreds milled about Front St. today
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0015959F
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Defiant TTC strikers leave a union meeting yesterday in a Scarborough curling rink at which they voted to hold a secret ballot tomorrow on whether to (...)
Defiant TTC strikers leave a union meeting yesterday in a Scarborough curling rink at which they voted to hold a secret ballot tomorrow on whether to (...)
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Defiant TTC strikers leave a union meeting yesterday in a Scarborough curling rink at which they voted to hold a secret ballot tomorrow on whether to (...)
Defiant TTC strikers leave a union meeting yesterday in a Scarborough curling rink at which they voted to hold a secret ballot tomorrow on whether to (...)
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Wildcat strikers picket on stations St
Wildcat strikers picket on stations St
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Nasty confrontation: Security guards turn back Bell Canada strikers and locked-out CFTO workers who tried to enter the Scarborough television station's property yesterday
Nasty confrontation: Security guards turn back Bell Canada strikers and locked-out CFTO workers who tried to enter the Scarborough television station's property yesterday
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