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Barred from work today after being on strike yesterday, Ontario Hydro workers congregate in the entrance to the University Ave. headquarters. A spokes(...)
Barred from work today after being on strike yesterday, Ontario Hydro workers congregate in the entrance to the University Ave. headquarters. A spokes(...)

Barred from work today after being on strike yesterday, Ontario Hydro workers congregate in the entrance to the University Ave. headquarters. A spokes(...)

Date2/4/1969
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Original Toronto Star caption: Barred from work today after being on strike yesterday; Ontario Hydro workers congregate in the entrance to the University Ave. headquarters. A spokesman said Hydro had made arrangements t fill their jobs with other employees because no one had known how long the strikers would stay off work.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0016183F
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