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Hit by strike
Hit by strike

Hit by strike

Date11/2/1966
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Original Toronto Star caption: Hit by strike: Projects on Metro roads; like these civic employees laying paving on Spadina Ave.; came to an end as outside Metro workers struck. If it snows; there will be now snow removal or sanding.
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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_0016863F
Rain pelts down on museum strikers, Pickets march in the rain outside the Royal Ontario Museum, hit yesterday by its second strike this week when 229 (...)
Rain pelts down on museum strikers, Pickets march in the rain outside the Royal Ontario Museum, hit yesterday by its second strike this week when 229 (...)
9/26/1985
Dumping of garbage, as pictured above, is another vital civic service which the strike will hit
Dumping of garbage, as pictured above, is another vital civic service which the strike will hit
11/2/1966
The CBC radio and television network is being plagued with shutdowns throughout Canada today as a major strike hit
The CBC radio and television network is being plagued with shutdowns throughout Canada today as a major strike hit
3/16/1989
Strike hits food terminalL, Truck drivers and other employees of the Oshawa Group picketed the company warehouse at the Ontario Food Terminal today, d(...)
Strike hits food terminalL, Truck drivers and other employees of the Oshawa Group picketed the company warehouse at the Ontario Food Terminal today, d(...)
5/1/1991
In hit-and-run strike by Ontario Hydro workers, pickets march today in front of the hydro engineering building on Murray St. Union is calling out grou(...)
In hit-and-run strike by Ontario Hydro workers, pickets march today in front of the hydro engineering building on Murray St. Union is calling out grou(...)
2/5/1969
Rain pelts down on museum strikers, Pickets march in the rain outside the Royal Ontario Museum, hit yesterday by its second strike this week when 229 (...)
Rain pelts down on museum strikers, Pickets march in the rain outside the Royal Ontario Museum, hit yesterday by its second strike this week when 229 (...)
9/26/1985
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
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