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Transit worker Earle Sinclair (left), 49, gives instructions for picket duty on Monday to drivers at the Toronto Transit Commission's streetcar yard a(...)
Transit worker Earle Sinclair (left), 49, gives instructions for picket duty on Monday to drivers at the Toronto Transit Commission's streetcar yard a(...)

Transit worker Earle Sinclair (left), 49, gives instructions for picket duty on Monday to drivers at the Toronto Transit Commission's streetcar yard a(...)

Date8/9/1974
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Original Toronto Star caption: Transit worker Earle Sinclair (left); 49; gives instructions for picket duty on Monday to drivers at the Toronto Transit Commission's streetcar yard at Queen St. E. and Connaught Ave. Picketing is scheduled to begin at 6 a.m. and workers must do three hours each day in order to get strike pay. Some 600;000 residents who use transit vehicles will have to find alternatives-car pools; bicycles or walking.
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