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Don jail guards, Don Martin, John Berezuk and Alex Heron Picket old city hall in bid to keep fellow union members from reporting to work as court cler(...)
Don jail guards, Don Martin, John Berezuk and Alex Heron Picket old city hall in bid to keep fellow union members from reporting to work as court cler(...)

Don jail guards, Don Martin, John Berezuk and Alex Heron Picket old city hall in bid to keep fellow union members from reporting to work as court cler(...)

Date1/2/1968
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Original Toronto Star caption: Don jail guards; Don Martin; John Berezuk and Alex Heron Picket old city hall in bid to keep fellow union members from reporting to work as court clerks and reporters. They're protesting transfer of jail to provincial jurisdiction.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0016414F
Court clerks Ed Bavington (left) and Bruce Hind were fired this morning because they continued picketing old city hall in support of Don Jail guards, (...)
Court clerks Ed Bavington (left) and Bruce Hind were fired this morning because they continued picketing old city hall in support of Don Jail guards, (...)
1/2/1968
Don jail guards scheduled to go on duty this morning show up instead with placards and picket the jail, which has a full house of 700 prisoners. Thirt(...)
Don jail guards scheduled to go on duty this morning show up instead with placards and picket the jail, which has a full house of 700 prisoners. Thirt(...)
12/30/1967
Don jail guards scheduled to go on duty this morning show up instead with placards protesting takeover of jail by Ontario, costing them union membership, benefits
Don jail guards scheduled to go on duty this morning show up instead with placards protesting takeover of jail by Ontario, costing them union membership, benefits
12/30/1967
Toronto's Old Don Jail is in the headlines again, as guards protest change in administration
Toronto's Old Don Jail is in the headlines again, as guards protest change in administration
1/1/1968
Union members walk a picket line during the last railway strike, in 1973, when they were legislated back to work after 10 days. The chief union negoti(...)
Union members walk a picket line during the last railway strike, in 1973, when they were legislated back to work after 10 days. The chief union negoti(...)
8/14/1973
Striking Staff Members have set up a picket line outside the Don Mills head office of the Ontario Federation of Labor, closing the central labor organ(...)
Striking Staff Members have set up a picket line outside the Don Mills head office of the Ontario Federation of Labor, closing the central labor organ(...)
3/2/1977
Museum Workers Picket, Striking workers picket the Royal Ontario Museum yesterday after about 90 security guards, cleaners and maintenance workers, me(...)
Museum Workers Picket, Striking workers picket the Royal Ontario Museum yesterday after about 90 security guards, cleaners and maintenance workers, me(...)
10/22/1989
Striking security: Union representative John Miller, right, talks to four security guards who took part in a wildcat protest by about 80 guards at Pearson yesterday
Striking security: Union representative John Miller, right, talks to four security guards who took part in a wildcat protest by about 80 guards at Pearson yesterday
6/21/1989
Picket line manned by members of the International Typographical Union parades outside Star Building after walk- out of printers about 1 p.m. yesterday
Picket line manned by members of the International Typographical Union parades outside Star Building after walk- out of printers about 1 p.m. yesterday
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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
Pickets patrolling at locked gates to the Island ferry terminal, members of Local 43, Canadian Union of Public Employees, who went on strike at 7 a.m.(...)
Pickets patrolling at locked gates to the Island ferry terminal, members of Local 43, Canadian Union of Public Employees, who went on strike at 7 a.m.(...)
4/10/1972
On the line: Union steward Derek Cunningham, right, and other members jump the gun and set up a picket line at the Molson brewery on Carlingview Dr. yesterday
On the line: Union steward Derek Cunningham, right, and other members jump the gun and set up a picket line at the Molson brewery on Carlingview Dr. yesterday
2/1/1991