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Striking workers
Striking workers

Striking workers

Date9/15/1986
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Original Toronto Star caption: Striking workers: Striking members of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union march in the rain along Spadina Ave. yesterday in their first full-scale strike in 49 years. The union; which represents about 900 members; is seeking continuation of industry's pension plan; increased benefits and a salary increase of 4 per cent in each year of a two-year contract.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0016607F
Museum Workers Picket, Striking workers picket the Royal Ontario Museum yesterday after about 90 security guards, cleaners and maintenance workers, me(...)
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10/22/1989
Angry postal workers burn their union cards after they were refused entry to a meeting of 3,000 striking Metro postal workers at Queen Elizabeth Build(...)
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12/1/1975
Replacement workers keep their heads down as they are bused past striking postal workers and into the South Central plant on Eastern Ave
Replacement workers keep their heads down as they are bused past striking postal workers and into the South Central plant on Eastern Ave
10/11/1987
A confrontation between Alderman David Rotenberg and about two dozen striking civic workers took place yesterday in Rotenberg's office. The workers ac(...)
A confrontation between Alderman David Rotenberg and about two dozen striking civic workers took place yesterday in Rotenberg's office. The workers ac(...)
4/26/1972
Workers rise early to vote, Striking TTC workers turned out early this morning at the Inn on the Park to begin voting on what was billed as the Ontario Labor Relations Board final offer
Workers rise early to vote, Striking TTC workers turned out early this morning at the Inn on the Park to begin voting on what was billed as the Ontario Labor Relations Board final offer
9/19/1991
Auto workers picket in Oshawa, These striking General Motors' workers are all smiles as they gather around a bonfire of wood and tires they built on t(...)
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10/17/1984
Striking oil workers are getting some pretty striking help from unionized Bunnie girls
Striking oil workers are getting some pretty striking help from unionized Bunnie girls
1/29/1965
Hundreds of striking Toronto Hydro workers rally in front of the utility's head office on Carlton St
Hundreds of striking Toronto Hydro workers rally in front of the utility's head office on Carlton St
2/13/1989
One of about 450 striking hydro and water workers in Scarborough cools off her feet while picketing the utilities headquarters. The strikers, who have(...)
One of about 450 striking hydro and water workers in Scarborough cools off her feet while picketing the utilities headquarters. The strikers, who have(...)
7/24/1989
Show of solidarity: Striking workers at the University of Toronto march to Queen's Park from simcoe Hall, then back to the campus where they paraded through the Robarts Library yesterday
Show of solidarity: Striking workers at the University of Toronto march to Queen's Park from simcoe Hall, then back to the campus where they paraded through the Robarts Library yesterday
3/12/1991
Striking postal workers, one of whom brought his dog along, talk on picket duty outside Terminal A at Front and Bay Sts
Striking postal workers, one of whom brought his dog along, talk on picket duty outside Terminal A at Front and Bay Sts
10/21/1975
Sharing shelter from the rain, striking postal workers Bob Johnson (left) and Art Langley picket the main postal building today while officials were b(...)
Sharing shelter from the rain, striking postal workers Bob Johnson (left) and Art Langley picket the main postal building today while officials were b(...)
1/19/1973