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Popcorn on The Picket Line, Striking drivers from Becker's Milk Co
Popcorn on The Picket Line, Striking drivers from Becker's Milk Co

Popcorn on The Picket Line, Striking drivers from Becker's Milk Co

Date4/28/1977
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Original Toronto Star caption: Popcorn on The Picket Line; Striking drivers from Becker's Milk Co. Ltd. picket outside Queen's Park today to protest what they called interference from police at company's plant on Warden Ave. While others continue picketing some strikers paused for popcorn break when peddler came along. There have been complaints about police horses before.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0017028F
Policemen start to remove, some of the pickets who sat on the roadway this morning trying to block across to the Becker's milk plant on Warden Ave. Ab(...)
Policemen start to remove, some of the pickets who sat on the roadway this morning trying to block across to the Becker's milk plant on Warden Ave. Ab(...)
6/14/1977
Mounted police were used today to open picket lines at the Becker Milk plant on Warden Ave
Mounted police were used today to open picket lines at the Becker Milk plant on Warden Ave
4/13/1977
Striking ambulance drivers and attendants set up picket line at Ambulance Station 16 at Dundas St
Striking ambulance drivers and attendants set up picket line at Ambulance Station 16 at Dundas St
6/18/1979
Striking drivers picket headquarters of the Halton and Mississauga Ambulance Service in Oakville
Striking drivers picket headquarters of the Halton and Mississauga Ambulance Service in Oakville
6/19/1979
Two delivery truck drivers are part of the first picket line set up by the 19,000-member Letter Carriers Union at the South Central postal facility on(...)
Two delivery truck drivers are part of the first picket line set up by the 19,000-member Letter Carriers Union at the South Central postal facility on(...)
9/21/1978
Joanne Stoodley rode her wheelchair on a 4 1/2-hour trek yesterday to show her support for striking Wheel-Trans drivers
Joanne Stoodley rode her wheelchair on a 4 1/2-hour trek yesterday to show her support for striking Wheel-Trans drivers
5/5/1988
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
Truckloads of supplies, that drivers attempted to move into the strike-bound Stelco plant at Hamilton, were turned back by pickets yesterday. Police h(...)
Truckloads of supplies, that drivers attempted to move into the strike-bound Stelco plant at Hamilton, were turned back by pickets yesterday. Police h(...)
8/23/1946
On the line: Striking front desk clerk Diane McKenzie whiles away time on the Ramada picket line by reading a book
On the line: Striking front desk clerk Diane McKenzie whiles away time on the Ramada picket line by reading a book
4/13/1984
Striking postal worker Paul McDonald, right joins teacher William Seymour on picket line
Striking postal worker Paul McDonald, right joins teacher William Seymour on picket line
11/14/1975
Below-zero weather made life miserable for striking postal workers on the picket line at the Eastern Ave
Below-zero weather made life miserable for striking postal workers on the picket line at the Eastern Ave
12/11/1977
Bundled against cold, striking postal clerk Ilona Laney huddles today in the picket line on Front St
Bundled against cold, striking postal clerk Ilona Laney huddles today in the picket line on Front St
12/12/1977