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The strike is on. These pickets took up early duty today at Toronto Transit Commission offices at Yonge St. and Eglinton Ave. The 5,700 members of the(...)
The strike is on. These pickets took up early duty today at Toronto Transit Commission offices at Yonge St. and Eglinton Ave. The 5,700 members of the(...)

The strike is on. These pickets took up early duty today at Toronto Transit Commission offices at Yonge St. and Eglinton Ave. The 5,700 members of the(...)

Date8/12/1974
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Original Toronto Star caption: The strike is on. These pickets took up early duty today at Toronto Transit Commission offices at Yonge St. and Eglinton Ave. The 5;700 members of the Amalgamated Transit Union went on strike after breaking off negotiations with the commission. Some 600;000 Metro-area residents are affected by the walkout. This is the first major strike of the Metro transit system in 22 years. Metro Chairman Paul Godfrey said last night that the strike is likely to be a prolonged one.
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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
In a personal protest against mail the strike, 71-year-old pensioner pickets postal workers outside Toronto Post Office's Terminal One at Bay and Fron(...)
In a personal protest against mail the strike, 71-year-old pensioner pickets postal workers outside Toronto Post Office's Terminal One at Bay and Fron(...)
11/19/1975
As progress is made toward settling the transit strike, Metro Chairman Paul Godfrey (left) confers with members of Toronto Transit Commission, (from l(...)
As progress is made toward settling the transit strike, Metro Chairman Paul Godfrey (left) confers with members of Toronto Transit Commission, (from l(...)
8/21/1974
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(...)
8/9/1974
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
Mail walkout begins as pickets today took up positions around Postal Terminal A in Toronto, and 34 other postal buildings in the city. Sam Chuck (righ(...)
Mail walkout begins as pickets today took up positions around Postal Terminal A in Toronto, and 34 other postal buildings in the city. Sam Chuck (righ(...)
7/18/1968
Hydro strikers carrying placards walk picket line today in front of Hydro offices on University Ave
Hydro strikers carrying placards walk picket line today in front of Hydro offices on University Ave
2/3/1969
n to shirtsleeves bargaining, members of the Toronto Transit Commission's negotiating committee met at the Royal York Hotel today before settling into(...)
n to shirtsleeves bargaining, members of the Toronto Transit Commission's negotiating committee met at the Royal York Hotel today before settling into(...)
8/20/1974
Voting on two proposals to end the 18-day transit strike, Toronto Transit Commission workers gather at the Broom and Stone Club in Scarborough. Early (...)
Voting on two proposals to end the 18-day transit strike, Toronto Transit Commission workers gather at the Broom and Stone Club in Scarborough. Early (...)
8/29/1974
Striking members of the Public Service Alliance of Canada picket outside the main Post Office building on Lakeshore Blvd. A strike by members of essen(...)
Striking members of the Public Service Alliance of Canada picket outside the main Post Office building on Lakeshore Blvd. A strike by members of essen(...)
2/17/1974
Picketing supermarket, Sister Mary Donovan, of Cenacle Retreat House, walks with other pickets outside Power Super Markets Ltd. store on Eglinton Ave.(...)
Picketing supermarket, Sister Mary Donovan, of Cenacle Retreat House, walks with other pickets outside Power Super Markets Ltd. store on Eglinton Ave.(...)
9/6/1968
In hit-and-run strike by Ontario Hydro workers, pickets march today in front of the hydro engineering building on Murray St. Union is calling out grou(...)
In hit-and-run strike by Ontario Hydro workers, pickets march today in front of the hydro engineering building on Murray St. Union is calling out grou(...)
2/5/1969