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Pickets still walk at western, Striking employees of Toronto Western Hospital picket today although the Ontario Labor Relations Board has ruled their (...)
Pickets still walk at western, Striking employees of Toronto Western Hospital picket today although the Ontario Labor Relations Board has ruled their (...)

Pickets still walk at western, Striking employees of Toronto Western Hospital picket today although the Ontario Labor Relations Board has ruled their (...)

Date7/26/1972
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Original Toronto Star caption: Pickets still walk at western; Striking employees of Toronto Western Hospital picket today although the Ontario Labor Relations Board has ruled their work stoppage is illegal and the hospital threatens to fire those who stay out. Last night about 300 of the 681 members of the Canadian Union of General Employees; representing the workers; voted not to return until they get a new contract. They are asking for better working conditions.
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Toronto western hospital strikers walk picket line today outside the institution just before its executive director Boyd McAulay announced that dismis(...)
Toronto western hospital strikers walk picket line today outside the institution just before its executive director Boyd McAulay announced that dismis(...)
7/27/1972
Picket-line turmoil such as this at Western Hospital would be a thing of the past if labor disputes involving essential services were settled through (...)
Picket-line turmoil such as this at Western Hospital would be a thing of the past if labor disputes involving essential services were settled through (...)
7/31/1972
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
Pickets hit the street around Massey-Ferguson's sprawling Toronto plant today minutes after company's 5,700 employees in Toronto and Brantford walked (...)
Pickets hit the street around Massey-Ferguson's sprawling Toronto plant today minutes after company's 5,700 employees in Toronto and Brantford walked (...)
4/19/1968
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
To pass the time away, striking Toronto Western Hospital employees, who were fired from their jobs in July, spend some of their days camping out at Qu(...)
To pass the time away, striking Toronto Western Hospital employees, who were fired from their jobs in July, spend some of their days camping out at Qu(...)
9/5/1972
Determined Strikers, Public service employees walk the picket line yesterday at Terminal 3 at Pearson International Airport. Today the strike enters its eighty day
Determined Strikers, Public service employees walk the picket line yesterday at Terminal 3 at Pearson International Airport. Today the strike enters its eighty day
9/15/1991
Striking Staff Members have set up a picket line outside the Don Mills head office of the Ontario Federation of Labor, closing the central labor organ(...)
Striking Staff Members have set up a picket line outside the Don Mills head office of the Ontario Federation of Labor, closing the central labor organ(...)
3/2/1977
Young picket outside Toronto Western Hospital is Ida Babtista, 2, seen with sister Elizabeth Babtista, right
Young picket outside Toronto Western Hospital is Ida Babtista, 2, seen with sister Elizabeth Babtista, right
7/27/1972
Taking it to the top, Striking employees of the Cambridge Reporter and Guelph Mercury newspapers picket outside the downtown Toronto headquarters of t(...)
Taking it to the top, Striking employees of the Cambridge Reporter and Guelph Mercury newspapers picket outside the downtown Toronto headquarters of t(...)
1/10/1992
A Striking printer, sports a new placard - minus the term lockout - as he pickets The Star
A Striking printer, sports a new placard - minus the term lockout - as he pickets The Star
8/12/1964
Pickets patrolling at locked gates to the Island ferry terminal, members of Local 43, Canadian Union of Public Employees, who went on strike at 7 a.m.(...)
Pickets patrolling at locked gates to the Island ferry terminal, members of Local 43, Canadian Union of Public Employees, who went on strike at 7 a.m.(...)
4/10/1972