Skip to main content
Digital Archive Toronto Public Library Homepage
Two powerhouse men strike 950-employee drug house, Paul Taylor (left), local president Vince McManus, striker William McLaughlin, union's Robert Souliere on line
Two powerhouse men strike 950-employee drug house, Paul Taylor (left), local president Vince McManus, striker William McLaughlin, union's Robert Souliere on line

Two powerhouse men strike 950-employee drug house, Paul Taylor (left), local president Vince McManus, striker William McLaughlin, union's Robert Souliere on line

Date8/27/1968
Names
(photographer)
Format
Notes
Original Toronto Star caption: Two powerhouse men strike 950-employee drug house; Paul Taylor (left); local president Vince McManus; striker William McLaughlin; union's Robert Souliere on line
Medium
Language
ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0016745F
Union member Whitey Chmielewski argued that the strike of Toronto garbagemen should continue as members of Local 43, Canadian Union of Public Employee(...)
Union member Whitey Chmielewski argued that the strike of Toronto garbagemen should continue as members of Local 43, Canadian Union of Public Employee(...)
6/20/1968
Burning in defiance the proposals put forward by Premier William Davis last week to end TTC strike, workers typify disrespect for laws now common to Canadian unions
Burning in defiance the proposals put forward by Premier William Davis last week to end TTC strike, workers typify disrespect for laws now common to Canadian unions
8/29/1974
Strike, Members of the Toronto local of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers voted narrowly to extend their strike to all Metro postal stations. Paul (...)
Strike, Members of the Toronto local of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers voted narrowly to extend their strike to all Metro postal stations. Paul (...)
12/10/1977
The strike is the first labor trouble at the General Motors plant since a strike of several weeks' duration in 1937 during the union's organizing peri(...)
The strike is the first labor trouble at the General Motors plant since a strike of several weeks' duration in 1937 during the union's organizing peri(...)
10/27/1949
Gearing Up: Andre Kolomper, Toronto local president with the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, stacks signs last night as strike deadline approached
Gearing Up: Andre Kolomper, Toronto local president with the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, stacks signs last night as strike deadline approached
8/22/1991
Council of postal unions on strike
Council of postal unions on strike
7/16/1968
More bitter strikes looming as unions fight to keep jobs threatened by Tories' push for free trade, privatization
More bitter strikes looming as unions fight to keep jobs threatened by Tories' push for free trade, privatization
8/24/1987
They're out: Civic workers in York borough, members of two locals of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, walked off the job today in a strike over fringe benefits
They're out: Civic workers in York borough, members of two locals of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, walked off the job today in a strike over fringe benefits
10/14/1981
Their differences forgotten, Metro chairman William Allen and William Overkott, president of Local 43 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, shake(...)
Their differences forgotten, Metro chairman William Allen and William Overkott, president of Local 43 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, shake(...)
11/4/1966
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
Determined Strikers, Public service employees walk the picket line yesterday at Terminal 3 at Pearson International Airport. Today the strike enters its eighty day
Determined Strikers, Public service employees walk the picket line yesterday at Terminal 3 at Pearson International Airport. Today the strike enters its eighty day
9/15/1991
Talking to police sergeant, Patrick Murphy, president of striking Canadian Union of General Employees (CUGE), and strikers from Toronto Western Hospit(...)
Talking to police sergeant, Patrick Murphy, president of striking Canadian Union of General Employees (CUGE), and strikers from Toronto Western Hospit(...)
7/13/1972