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Line of duty
Line of duty

Line of duty

Date5/23/1991
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Original Toronto Star caption: Line of duty: A University of Toronto security guard confronts a picket yesterday at the Robarts Library as 250 striking workers temporarily bar entry to the building. The workers were protesting an impasse after three months of contract talks with university officials.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0016679F
Empty Pockets: Hydro apprentice Bonnie Urry, on picket duty yesterday, says there's next to nothing of her pay left after she covers basic house and living costs
Empty Pockets: Hydro apprentice Bonnie Urry, on picket duty yesterday, says there's next to nothing of her pay left after she covers basic house and living costs
2/16/1989
Picket duty
Picket duty
7/28/1987
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
Nor rain, nor . . . One of about 60 striking letter carriers at the Canada Post station on Front St. makes his sign do double duty in the drizzle yest(...)
Nor rain, nor . . . One of about 60 striking letter carriers at the Canada Post station on Front St. makes his sign do double duty in the drizzle yest(...)
7/3/1987
Picket Duty: For the second day, striking postal workers block the entrances and exits yesterday at a Scarborough depot at Midland Ave
Picket Duty: For the second day, striking postal workers block the entrances and exits yesterday at a Scarborough depot at Midland Ave
9/4/1991
Picket duty
Picket duty
10/8/1987
With a day off from their usual picket duties at Central Technical School three striking math teachers today picket the home of school trustee Dan Lec(...)
With a day off from their usual picket duties at Central Technical School three striking math teachers today picket the home of school trustee Dan Lec(...)
11/26/1975
Snowman on picket duty, Students picketing Jarvis Collegiate in support of their striking teachers have built a snowman picket in front of the school,(...)
Snowman on picket duty, Students picketing Jarvis Collegiate in support of their striking teachers have built a snowman picket in front of the school,(...)
12/3/1975
On the first day of the TTC strike, PC Brian Burnett is stormed by cars from all directions as he stands on duty directing traffic during morning rush(...)
On the first day of the TTC strike, PC Brian Burnett is stormed by cars from all directions as he stands on duty directing traffic during morning rush(...)
8/12/1974
Transit worker Earle Sinclair (left), 49, gives instructions for picket duty on Monday to drivers at the Toronto Transit Commission's streetcar yard a(...)
Transit worker Earle Sinclair (left), 49, gives instructions for picket duty on Monday to drivers at the Toronto Transit Commission's streetcar yard a(...)
8/9/1974
The strike is on. These pickets took up early duty today at Toronto Transit Commission offices at Yonge St. and Eglinton Ave. The 5,700 members of the(...)
The strike is on. These pickets took up early duty today at Toronto Transit Commission offices at Yonge St. and Eglinton Ave. The 5,700 members of the(...)
8/12/1974
Two of the 75 police on duty march striker away
Two of the 75 police on duty march striker away
8/5/1966