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Right to strike?
Right to strike?

Right to strike?

Date3/12/1974
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Original Toronto Star caption: Right to strike?: The Charter of Rights would guarantee freedom of association. This virtually guarantees the right to form unions. Freedom of peaceful assembly is also included in the charter; but the right to strike is not. There have long been disputes in Canada over whether certain key groups of workers ? like the schoolteachers demonstrating above?should be allowed to strike.
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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_0016796F
Historic strike: In 1965, postal workers stunned the nation with a wildcat walkout that eventually won them the right to strike
Historic strike: In 1965, postal workers stunned the nation with a wildcat walkout that eventually won them the right to strike
7/27/1965
launched a strike at midnight. Joanne Leader, right, joined one of the first pickets at the South Central sorting plant on Eastern Ave., while 24,000 (...)
launched a strike at midnight. Joanne Leader, right, joined one of the first pickets at the South Central sorting plant on Eastern Ave., while 24,000 (...)
6/29/1981
On the line: Workers at S.A. Armstrong Ltd. are so determined to avoid weekend work they have been on strike five months, claiming the right to refuse(...)
On the line: Workers at S.A. Armstrong Ltd. are so determined to avoid weekend work they have been on strike five months, claiming the right to refuse(...)
7/6/1987
Striking a funny note, To most people, there's nothing funny about a strike but Charlene Tinney, right, and Ann Harmon decided to add a little laughte(...)
Striking a funny note, To most people, there's nothing funny about a strike but Charlene Tinney, right, and Ann Harmon decided to add a little laughte(...)
12/6/1983
Idled by Strike of trawlermen, fish processing plant workers sipped beer last August on a hillside overlooking a dozen tied-up trawlers at Morring Cove, Nfld. They're idled again in the current strike.
Idled by Strike of trawlermen, fish processing plant workers sipped beer last August on a hillside overlooking a dozen tied-up trawlers at Morring Cove, Nfld. They're idled again in the current strike.
8/25/1974
Strike Goes On, On strike at the Consolidated Bathurst packaging goods plant in Whitby since May 10, International Woodworkers members Jim Wong (left)(...)
Strike Goes On, On strike at the Consolidated Bathurst packaging goods plant in Whitby since May 10, International Woodworkers members Jim Wong (left)(...)
6/10/1974
Votes counted at Royal York hotel to decide if inside postal workers would strike, The ballot count was 906 in favor of a strike and 286 opposed. Metro mail is tied up completely
Votes counted at Royal York hotel to decide if inside postal workers would strike, The ballot count was 906 in favor of a strike and 286 opposed. Metro mail is tied up completely
7/26/1965
Postal Workers Vote On Strike, The decisive ballots in the vote on whether there will be a nation-wide postal strike are being cast today and tomorrow(...)
Postal Workers Vote On Strike, The decisive ballots in the vote on whether there will be a nation-wide postal strike are being cast today and tomorrow(...)
10/15/1975
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
Fewer strikes? The Canadian Labor Relations Board ordered merger in the hope that a mega-union would make Canada Post less vulnerable to strikes like (...)
Fewer strikes? The Canadian Labor Relations Board ordered merger in the hope that a mega-union would make Canada Post less vulnerable to strikes like (...)
10/8/1987
Garbage strike of 1972 ? such a strike means filthy parks and endangered health, reader says in letter below
Garbage strike of 1972 ? such a strike means filthy parks and endangered health, reader says in letter below
4/22/1972
Gallantry on the picket line, Strike or no strike, a new-born baby draws a compassionate response
Gallantry on the picket line, Strike or no strike, a new-born baby draws a compassionate response
8/2/1972