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Mounted police were used today to open picket lines at the Becker Milk plant on Warden Ave
Mounted police were used today to open picket lines at the Becker Milk plant on Warden Ave

Mounted police were used today to open picket lines at the Becker Milk plant on Warden Ave

Date4/13/1977
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Original Toronto Star caption: Mounted police were used today to open picket lines at the Becker Milk plant on Warden Ave. in Scarborough. One picket was knocked down; but uninjured; as about 20 trucks left plant in convoy this morning. Plant has been strike-bound for two weeks. Labor ministry has called for resumption of bargaining.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0016474F
Policemen start to remove, some of the pickets who sat on the roadway this morning trying to block across to the Becker's milk plant on Warden Ave. Ab(...)
Policemen start to remove, some of the pickets who sat on the roadway this morning trying to block across to the Becker's milk plant on Warden Ave. Ab(...)
6/14/1977
Popcorn on The Picket Line, Striking drivers from Becker's Milk Co
Popcorn on The Picket Line, Striking drivers from Becker's Milk Co
4/28/1977
All is not sweet at Oshawa Sugar Plant, Picket lines at Westcane Sugar Refinery will be maintained around the clock, seven days a week, say officials (...)
All is not sweet at Oshawa Sugar Plant, Picket lines at Westcane Sugar Refinery will be maintained around the clock, seven days a week, say officials (...)
11/11/1976
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
Picket lines such as this one at Douglas Aircraft in Malton last October would vanish from the Canadian scene if a special labor court were establishe(...)
Picket lines such as this one at Douglas Aircraft in Malton last October would vanish from the Canadian scene if a special labor court were establishe(...)
10/13/1971
Setting up picket lines in Metro's first teacher strike, teachers at Northern Secondary School get their placards today when 8,800 teachers struck 135(...)
Setting up picket lines in Metro's first teacher strike, teachers at Northern Secondary School get their placards today when 8,800 teachers struck 135(...)
11/12/1975
Striking bell: Off the job for the first time in eight years, Bell Canada operators and technicians set up picket lines today at the company's head office on Trinity Square
Striking bell: Off the job for the first time in eight years, Bell Canada operators and technicians set up picket lines today at the company's head office on Trinity Square
6/27/1988
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
Orville reid and his dog, Bambi, lead a picket line today outside the Canadian National Institute for the Blind headquarters on Bayview Ave. Pickets, (...)
Orville reid and his dog, Bambi, lead a picket line today outside the Canadian National Institute for the Blind headquarters on Bayview Ave. Pickets, (...)
3/22/1977
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(...)
12/3/1971
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
Hydro strikers carrying placards walk picket line today in front of Hydro offices on University Ave
Hydro strikers carrying placards walk picket line today in front of Hydro offices on University Ave
2/3/1969