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The Thumb's Working for Some, but not all in Metro's transit strike
The Thumb's Working for Some, but not all in Metro's transit strike

The Thumb's Working for Some, but not all in Metro's transit strike

Date9/11/1978
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Original Toronto Star caption: The Thumb's Working for Some; but not all in Metro's transit strike. Dave Thomson wasn't having much luck on Yonge near Queen St. trying to get home last night; so Cynthia Verwoerd came along with her destination sign to show him how it's done. They found it was still a long wait for a sympathetic motorist.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0017007F
Thumbs-down disapproval of Premier William Davis plan to settle the transit strike is expressed by strikers leaving a meeting yesterday in Scarborough
Thumbs-down disapproval of Premier William Davis plan to settle the transit strike is expressed by strikers leaving a meeting yesterday in Scarborough
8/29/1974
A Frustrated commuter shows her feelings about Metro's transit strike as she sits at a curb by Mt
A Frustrated commuter shows her feelings about Metro's transit strike as she sits at a curb by Mt
9/11/1978
Hours of idling in the miles of traffic jams generated by Metro's transit strike inevitably bring a few stalled engines
Hours of idling in the miles of traffic jams generated by Metro's transit strike inevitably bring a few stalled engines
9/12/1978
The only way to go to work this morning was to drive or hitch a ride as Metro's giant public transit system ground to a halt in the wake of the first (...)
The only way to go to work this morning was to drive or hitch a ride as Metro's giant public transit system ground to a halt in the wake of the first (...)
8/12/1974
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
First the TTC... now my umbrella, Some days, it pays just to stay home in bed. As if the transit strike wasn't enough to contend with one soggy pedest(...)
First the TTC... now my umbrella, Some days, it pays just to stay home in bed. As if the transit strike wasn't enough to contend with one soggy pedest(...)
9/12/1978
Metro chairman Paul Godfrey, who is leading the TTC delegation in talks aimed at ending the 11-day-old transit strike, meets with Leonard Moynehan, pr(...)
Metro chairman Paul Godfrey, who is leading the TTC delegation in talks aimed at ending the 11-day-old transit strike, meets with Leonard Moynehan, pr(...)
8/22/1974
Calling on Education Minister Thomas Wells to end the strike by Metro's 8,800 secondary school teachers, 100 Etobicoke high school students mass at Qu(...)
Calling on Education Minister Thomas Wells to end the strike by Metro's 8,800 secondary school teachers, 100 Etobicoke high school students mass at Qu(...)
11/20/1975
Setting up picket lines in Metro's first teacher strike, teachers at Northern Secondary School get their placards today when 8,800 teachers struck 135(...)
Setting up picket lines in Metro's first teacher strike, teachers at Northern Secondary School get their placards today when 8,800 teachers struck 135(...)
11/12/1975
City hall negotiators leave the room in the Royal York in which they are meeting on Metro's 20-day-old strike of civic workers. From the left are Alde(...)
City hall negotiators leave the room in the Royal York in which they are meeting on Metro's 20-day-old strike of civic workers. From the left are Alde(...)
4/28/1972
Voting on whether to end the 23-day transit strike, George Key casts a ballot in Toronto Transit Commission Russell yards at Queen St. near Coxwell Av(...)
Voting on whether to end the 23-day transit strike, George Key casts a ballot in Toronto Transit Commission Russell yards at Queen St. near Coxwell Av(...)
9/3/1974
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