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Police battle picket
Police battle picket

Police battle picket

Date8/26/1969
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Original Toronto Star caption: Police battle picket: Policeman tussle with a construction worker during an inter-union battle on a Bleecker St. contruction site today. The pickets; members of Toronto Building Trades Council; want to bring the independent Concrete Forming Workers union to its knees and form one big union. Two men were arrested.
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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_0016405F
Biggest battle to date in the Rogers Majestic strike in Leaside broke out today and seven men and one woman were arrested. Here one of provincial police holds member of 500-strong picket line
Biggest battle to date in the Rogers Majestic strike in Leaside broke out today and seven men and one woman were arrested. Here one of provincial police holds member of 500-strong picket line
5/11/1948
Peaceful confrontation: police and metro strikers maintain an orderly vigil in Nathan Phillips Square, The new City Hall is at far left, Police are lined up between it and the marching pickets
Peaceful confrontation: police and metro strikers maintain an orderly vigil in Nathan Phillips Square, The new City Hall is at far left, Police are lined up between it and the marching pickets
11/3/1966
Breaking through the line, University of Toronto police restrain pickets at the Robarts Library today as an employee arrives for work. Library workers(...)
Breaking through the line, University of Toronto police restrain pickets at the Robarts Library today as an employee arrives for work. Library workers(...)
5/29/1991
Police Grab Unionist George Ingham, during picket line violence outside Chelmsford District Composite School in Sudbury area. Steelworker Ingham. secr(...)
Police Grab Unionist George Ingham, during picket line violence outside Chelmsford District Composite School in Sudbury area. Steelworker Ingham. secr(...)
3/18/1966
Black door scuffle outside the struck Peterborough Examiner takes place between pickets and police as the officers make an unsuccessful attempt to get(...)
Black door scuffle outside the struck Peterborough Examiner takes place between pickets and police as the officers make an unsuccessful attempt to get(...)
11/9/1968
Metro Police Guide Cars through picket lines at York University set up by the striking 1,000 members of the school's non-teaching staff. They are seek(...)
Metro Police Guide Cars through picket lines at York University set up by the striking 1,000 members of the school's non-teaching staff. They are seek(...)
9/20/1978
Gateway clash: Police officers surround and drag off a picket after a clash with Canadian Union of Postal Workers members at the Gateway sorting station in Mississauga
Gateway clash: Police officers surround and drag off a picket after a clash with Canadian Union of Postal Workers members at the Gateway sorting station in Mississauga
10/13/1987
Police outnumber metro outside workers' pickets by better than two to one on chilly and nearly deserted Nathan Phillips square today, All days off for(...)
Police outnumber metro outside workers' pickets by better than two to one on chilly and nearly deserted Nathan Phillips square today, All days off for(...)
11/5/1966
Hamilton police drag away one of the fighting pickets
Hamilton police drag away one of the fighting pickets
8/5/1966
Trainload of scrap entering Stelco Plant at Hamilton Provokes Brawl between police and pickets
Trainload of scrap entering Stelco Plant at Hamilton Provokes Brawl between police and pickets
8/5/1966
Grimaces and grunts abounded as police choked off wildcat strikers when they grappled on at least three occasions yesterday. 29 pickets were arrested (...)
Grimaces and grunts abounded as police choked off wildcat strikers when they grappled on at least three occasions yesterday. 29 pickets were arrested (...)
8/5/1966
Truckloads of supplies, that drivers attempted to move into the strike-bound Stelco plant at Hamilton, were turned back by pickets yesterday. Police h(...)
Truckloads of supplies, that drivers attempted to move into the strike-bound Stelco plant at Hamilton, were turned back by pickets yesterday. Police h(...)
8/23/1946