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The spring civic strike at City Hall, when the garbage bags were piled high in High Park and throughout the city, was one of many across the country
The spring civic strike at City Hall, when the garbage bags were piled high in High Park and throughout the city, was one of many across the country

The spring civic strike at City Hall, when the garbage bags were piled high in High Park and throughout the city, was one of many across the country

Date4/25/1972
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Original Toronto Star caption: The spring civic strike at City Hall; when the garbage bags were piled high in High Park and throughout the city; was one of many across the country
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Object NumberTSPA_0016868F
Mountain of garbage greats Michael Furiano, a security guard hired by the city to patrol a pile of garbage bags at Shuter and Seaton Sts. Furiano repr(...)
Mountain of garbage greats Michael Furiano, a security guard hired by the city to patrol a pile of garbage bags at Shuter and Seaton Sts. Furiano repr(...)
4/13/1972
North York workers resumed their cleanup of garbage depots today after the city's 1,300 civic employees ended their 19-day strike on Friday. This pile(...)
North York workers resumed their cleanup of garbage depots today after the city's 1,300 civic employees ended their 19-day strike on Friday. This pile(...)
3/30/1987
Garbage piled high in Eglinton Park, in North Toronto, blocks the view of lower floor of houses on Roselawn Ave
Garbage piled high in Eglinton Park, in North Toronto, blocks the view of lower floor of houses on Roselawn Ave
4/17/1972
Toronto parcels piling up. Hundreds of bags of mail and parcel post pile up in courtyard of Toronto post office's city delivery building. At top left,(...)
Toronto parcels piling up. Hundreds of bags of mail and parcel post pile up in courtyard of Toronto post office's city delivery building. At top left,(...)
8/30/1966
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
Union leader's lawn piles up with garbage, too, in 18th day of strike by 4,000 civic workers
Union leader's lawn piles up with garbage, too, in 18th day of strike by 4,000 civic workers
4/27/1972
On the inside looking out at Eastern High, Teachers picket on first day of their strike across Metro
On the inside looking out at Eastern High, Teachers picket on first day of their strike across Metro
11/12/1975
City hall negotiators leave the room in the Royal York in which they are meeting on Metro's 20-day-old strike of civic workers. From the left are Alde(...)
City hall negotiators leave the room in the Royal York in which they are meeting on Metro's 20-day-old strike of civic workers. From the left are Alde(...)
4/28/1972
Striking civic workers parade past The Archer in Nathan Phillips Square in picketing City hall today, the 17th day of their strike. The 200 pickets in(...)
Striking civic workers parade past The Archer in Nathan Phillips Square in picketing City hall today, the 17th day of their strike. The 200 pickets in(...)
4/26/1972
Long night: Pickets at CP Rail's Agincourt yard warm themselves around a barrel fire last night as they prepare for a long strike by 48,000 CN and CP rail workers across the country
Long night: Pickets at CP Rail's Agincourt yard warm themselves around a barrel fire last night as they prepare for a long strike by 48,000 CN and CP rail workers across the country
8/23/1987
Stacking up As the Etobicoke garbage strike talks broke down and there is now no early end in sight, a youngster pedals quickly past garbage already s(...)
Stacking up As the Etobicoke garbage strike talks broke down and there is now no early end in sight, a youngster pedals quickly past garbage already s(...)
7/27/1984
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