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The strike is the first labor trouble at the General Motors plant since a strike of several weeks' duration in 1937 during the union's organizing peri(...)
The strike is the first labor trouble at the General Motors plant since a strike of several weeks' duration in 1937 during the union's organizing peri(...)

The strike is the first labor trouble at the General Motors plant since a strike of several weeks' duration in 1937 during the union's organizing peri(...)

Date10/27/1949
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Original Toronto Star caption: The strike is the first labor trouble at the General Motors plant since a strike of several weeks' duration in 1937 during the union's organizing period. Same controversy disturbed Detroit this summer; when the union there charged a speed-up.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0016199F
There's still coffee money left, and pickets outside the General Motors plant in Oshawa take time out for coffee and doughnuts. But strike funds for 2(...)
There's still coffee money left, and pickets outside the General Motors plant in Oshawa take time out for coffee and doughnuts. But strike funds for 2(...)
10/23/1970
Five of eight signs held by workers during their strike last year at General Motors in Oshawa demand parity in pay with U.S. workers. The strikers wer(...)
Five of eight signs held by workers during their strike last year at General Motors in Oshawa demand parity in pay with U.S. workers. The strikers wer(...)
10/23/1970
Burning in defiance the proposals put forward by Premier William Davis last week to end TTC strike, workers typify disrespect for laws now common to Canadian unions
Burning in defiance the proposals put forward by Premier William Davis last week to end TTC strike, workers typify disrespect for laws now common to Canadian unions
8/29/1974
Council of postal unions on strike
Council of postal unions on strike
7/16/1968
Two powerhouse men strike 950-employee drug house, Paul Taylor (left), local president Vince McManus, striker William McLaughlin, union's Robert Souliere on line
Two powerhouse men strike 950-employee drug house, Paul Taylor (left), local president Vince McManus, striker William McLaughlin, union's Robert Souliere on line
8/27/1968
More bitter strikes looming as unions fight to keep jobs threatened by Tories' push for free trade, privatization
More bitter strikes looming as unions fight to keep jobs threatened by Tories' push for free trade, privatization
8/24/1987
After its last run, one of the TTC's 1,235 diesel buses is parked in company garage for duration of transit strike
After its last run, one of the TTC's 1,235 diesel buses is parked in company garage for duration of transit strike
9/20/1978
Fewer strikes? The Canadian Labor Relations Board ordered merger in the hope that a mega-union would make Canada Post less vulnerable to strikes like (...)
Fewer strikes? The Canadian Labor Relations Board ordered merger in the hope that a mega-union would make Canada Post less vulnerable to strikes like (...)
10/8/1987
Strike Goes On, On strike at the Consolidated Bathurst packaging goods plant in Whitby since May 10, International Woodworkers members Jim Wong (left)(...)
Strike Goes On, On strike at the Consolidated Bathurst packaging goods plant in Whitby since May 10, International Woodworkers members Jim Wong (left)(...)
6/10/1974
Power play?, Striking unions would have more power under the NDP's proposed labor reforms, but business is crying foul
Power play?, Striking unions would have more power under the NDP's proposed labor reforms, but business is crying foul
11/8/1989
Down in the dumps?, No, this is down in York where garbage has been piling up for more than two weeks because of the municipal workers strike. Two med(...)
Down in the dumps?, No, this is down in York where garbage has been piling up for more than two weeks because of the municipal workers strike. Two med(...)
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Strikers demonstrate: About 100 of the 400 central library workers who have been on strike for six weeks demonstrate in Nathan Phillips Square yesterday before a Metro council meeting
Strikers demonstrate: About 100 of the 400 central library workers who have been on strike for six weeks demonstrate in Nathan Phillips Square yesterday before a Metro council meeting
6 November 1984