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Protesting legislation ordering him back to work, this TTC man shakes his finger angrily in front of legislature yesterday. Next to him is a dummy of (...)
Protesting legislation ordering him back to work, this TTC man shakes his finger angrily in front of legislature yesterday. Next to him is a dummy of (...)

Protesting legislation ordering him back to work, this TTC man shakes his finger angrily in front of legislature yesterday. Next to him is a dummy of (...)

Date8/31/1974
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Original Toronto Star caption: Protesting legislation ordering him back to work; this TTC man shakes his finger angrily in front of legislature yesterday. Next to him is a dummy of TTC chairman Karl Mallette being hung in effigy. About 350 pickets paraded outside while another 150 union members watched opening debates from the galleries.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0016933F
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