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Bitter memories: Policeman scuffles with picket during strike at Irwin Toy in Etobicoke in 1981

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Bitter memories: Policeman scuffles with picket during strike at Irwin Toy in Etobicoke in 1981

Date9/11/1981

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Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Wilkes, Jim (photographer)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Bitter memories: Policeman scuffles with picket during strike at Irwin Toy in Etobicoke in 1981.

Subject

Strikes and lockouts

Medium

Photographs

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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_0016503F

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