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Crowding around Mayor William Dennison at City Hall, striking civic workers hear that Metro Council voted to accept proposed settlement of four-week-o(...)
Crowding around Mayor William Dennison at City Hall, striking civic workers hear that Metro Council voted to accept proposed settlement of four-week-o(...)

Crowding around Mayor William Dennison at City Hall, striking civic workers hear that Metro Council voted to accept proposed settlement of four-week-o(...)

Date5/8/1972
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Original Toronto Star caption: Crowding around Mayor William Dennison at City Hall; striking civic workers hear that Metro Council voted to accept proposed settlement of four-week-old garbage strike. Local 43 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees and the city of Toronto earlier accepted the plan; providing an 8 per cent pay increase in first year of two-year pact. Union members will vote on ratification of settlement tomorrow.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0016870F
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(...)
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The president of Local 43, Canadian Union of Public Employees, Russell Doyle, tells striking civic workers outside City Hall union negotiators have ac(...)
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