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Outside the main gate at Douglas Aircraft, Mississauga police restrain a man trying to break through their lines this morning at the plant, where 4,00(...)
Outside the main gate at Douglas Aircraft, Mississauga police restrain a man trying to break through their lines this morning at the plant, where 4,00(...)

Outside the main gate at Douglas Aircraft, Mississauga police restrain a man trying to break through their lines this morning at the plant, where 4,00(...)

Date12/3/1971
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Original Toronto Star caption: Outside the main gate at Douglas Aircraft; Mississauga police restrain a man trying to break through their lines this morning at the plant; where 4;000 members of the United Automobile Workers union have been on strike since mid-October. Strikers began assembling at the plant at 5.30 a.m. and scuffles broke out when supervisors began arriving for work about 6.30. Nine persons were arrested.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0016421F
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