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Walking the line
Walking the line

Walking the line

Date9/8/1983
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Original Toronto Star caption: Walking the line: John Koperwas donned a sign and picketed outside the Massey-Ferguson plant on King St. W. today after he and 1;600 other workers in Toronto and Brantford went on strike. Their union rejected what a spokesman called the company's meat axe contract demands.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0016495F
Walking the line: Striking workers picket the Sheraton Centre today, joining 3,000 others across Metro, after contract negotiations broke down
Walking the line: Striking workers picket the Sheraton Centre today, joining 3,000 others across Metro, after contract negotiations broke down
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Walking the line, Striking caretakers picketed the York Regional Roman Catholic Separate School Board offices in Richmond Hill earlier this week. The (...)
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1/8/1990
Walking the line
Walking the line
5/6/1985
Walking the line
Walking the line
2/11/1985
Please start talking so I can stop walking and start learning, says the sign Vincent Massey Collegiate student Bill Rodda wore outside the Etobicoke E(...)
Please start talking so I can stop walking and start learning, says the sign Vincent Massey Collegiate student Bill Rodda wore outside the Etobicoke E(...)
11/26/1975
Walking in the slush yesterday outside CBC headquarters on Jarvis St
Walking in the slush yesterday outside CBC headquarters on Jarvis St
2/3/1972
About 1,000 garment workers marched through the downtown fashion district streets today after walking off their jobs and shutting down 19 factories in(...)
About 1,000 garment workers marched through the downtown fashion district streets today after walking off their jobs and shutting down 19 factories in(...)
9/15/1986
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
Exercise break on picket line, Employee Andrew Lane tosses a football around on the picket line at Lily Cups' Markham Rd. plant yesterday. The union w(...)
Exercise break on picket line, Employee Andrew Lane tosses a football around on the picket line at Lily Cups' Markham Rd. plant yesterday. The union w(...)
1/18/1988
On the line: Striking front desk clerk Diane McKenzie whiles away time on the Ramada picket line by reading a book
On the line: Striking front desk clerk Diane McKenzie whiles away time on the Ramada picket line by reading a book
4/13/1984
Hold that line, Pickets at the strike-bound plant of Butcher Engineering Enterprises of Brampton attempt to hold back a car trying to cross the line t(...)
Hold that line, Pickets at the strike-bound plant of Butcher Engineering Enterprises of Brampton attempt to hold back a car trying to cross the line t(...)
9/17/1979
On the line: United Steelworkers organizers lead Tim Hortons employees on the picket line yesterday after negotiations failed at two outlets in London, Ont
On the line: United Steelworkers organizers lead Tim Hortons employees on the picket line yesterday after negotiations failed at two outlets in London, Ont
2/23/1998