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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

Union leader's lawn piles up with garbage, too, in 18th day of strike by 4,000 civic workers

Date4/27/1972
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Original Toronto Star caption: Union leader's lawn piles up with garbage; too; in 18th day of strike by 4;000 civic workers. Mrs. Russell Doyle; wife of leader of Local 43; Canadian Union of public Employees; says all the garbage piled on front yard is theirs except for big white bag and she says she doesn't have any idea where it came from.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0016874F
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