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Camping out at Queen's Park, strikers from Toronto Western Hospital say they'll stay there until the provincial government helps them get back the job(...)
Camping out at Queen's Park, strikers from Toronto Western Hospital say they'll stay there until the provincial government helps them get back the job(...)

Camping out at Queen's Park, strikers from Toronto Western Hospital say they'll stay there until the provincial government helps them get back the job(...)

Date8/9/1972
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Original Toronto Star caption: Camping out at Queen's Park; strikers from Toronto Western Hospital say they'll stay there until the provincial government helps them get back the jobs they were fired from after the strike began. Maria da Silva sits in her tent talking with fellow members of the housekeeping staff; Avelino Pereira and john Augusta.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0016923F
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