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In hit-and-run strike by Ontario Hydro workers, pickets march today in front of the hydro engineering building on Murray St. Union is calling out grou(...)
In hit-and-run strike by Ontario Hydro workers, pickets march today in front of the hydro engineering building on Murray St. Union is calling out grou(...)

In hit-and-run strike by Ontario Hydro workers, pickets march today in front of the hydro engineering building on Murray St. Union is calling out grou(...)

Date2/5/1969
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Original Toronto Star caption: In hit-and-run strike by Ontario Hydro workers; pickets march today in front of the hydro engineering building on Murray St. Union is calling out groups of its 9;500 members on a rotation basis at various installations. Today was Toronto's turn as 1;500 employees refused to report for work and 300 of them manned this picket line and another one in front of the hydro headquarters on University Ave.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0016179F
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