Skip to main content
Digital Archive Toronto Public Library Homepage
If the labor laws were changed to put the working poor in somewhat the same bargaining position as skilled workers, poverty could be eliminated
If the labor laws were changed to put the working poor in somewhat the same bargaining position as skilled workers, poverty could be eliminated

If the labor laws were changed to put the working poor in somewhat the same bargaining position as skilled workers, poverty could be eliminated

Date11/3/1966
Names
(photographer)
Format
Notes
Original Toronto Star caption: If the labor laws were changed to put the working poor in somewhat the same bargaining position as skilled workers; poverty could be eliminated.
Medium
Language
ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0016858F
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
Hospital workers struck Toronto Western Hospital in 1972 to protest poor pay and bad working conditions
Hospital workers struck Toronto Western Hospital in 1972 to protest poor pay and bad working conditions
7/25/1972
Bell Operators are among white collar workers who are coming to recognize that collective bargaining is a necessity, says Stanley Little
Bell Operators are among white collar workers who are coming to recognize that collective bargaining is a necessity, says Stanley Little
8/30/1972
Workers will not return to their jobs, they say, until a management-union bargaining committee meets and Anco is reinstated. This morning pickets para(...)
Workers will not return to their jobs, they say, until a management-union bargaining committee meets and Anco is reinstated. This morning pickets para(...)
7/27/1949
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
Ontario federation of labor President David Archer tells Dare Foods workers in Kitchener, who will have been on strike for a year tomorrow, the federa(...)
Ontario federation of labor President David Archer tells Dare Foods workers in Kitchener, who will have been on strike for a year tomorrow, the federa(...)
5/27/1973
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(...)
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(...)
12/1/1975
Camping out on lawns in front of Queen's Park, about 200 striking workers from Toronto Western Hospital put up tents and settled down to lunch today, (...)
Camping out on lawns in front of Queen's Park, about 200 striking workers from Toronto Western Hospital put up tents and settled down to lunch today, (...)
8/8/1972
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
Four-month strike at Gidon Industries in Rexdale ended last weekend with workers, who were paid $1
Four-month strike at Gidon Industries in Rexdale ended last weekend with workers, who were paid $1
7/14/1972
Angry civic workers, including garbagemen, who were on strike earlier this year, confront Alderman David Rotenberg in his office. Rotenberg, who was a(...)
Angry civic workers, including garbagemen, who were on strike earlier this year, confront Alderman David Rotenberg in his office. Rotenberg, who was a(...)
4/26/1972
Museum Workers Picket, Striking workers picket the Royal Ontario Museum yesterday after about 90 security guards, cleaners and maintenance workers, me(...)
Museum Workers Picket, Striking workers picket the Royal Ontario Museum yesterday after about 90 security guards, cleaners and maintenance workers, me(...)
10/22/1989