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Etobicoke workers hit the bricks, Outside workers in Etobicoke man a picket line at the city's Bering Ave
Etobicoke workers hit the bricks, Outside workers in Etobicoke man a picket line at the city's Bering Ave

Etobicoke workers hit the bricks, Outside workers in Etobicoke man a picket line at the city's Bering Ave

Date7/25/1984
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Original Toronto Star caption: Etobicoke workers hit the bricks; Outside workers in Etobicoke man a picket line at the city's Bering Ave. works yard just minutes after walking off their jobs at 12.01 this morning. The strike by 625 workers is the first by the city's outside staff in 20 years. It halts garbage collection.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0016556F
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