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On the picket line
On the picket line

On the picket line

Date8/22/1980
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Original Toronto Star caption: On the picket line: Members of UAW's Local 399 in front of the plant. A spokesman says union morale is good; despite strike pay that ranges from $55 to $65 a week. The 650 strikers took a pay cut two years ago to keep the plant operating.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0017056F
Exercise break on picket line, Employee Andrew Lane tosses a football around on the picket line at Lily Cups' Markham Rd. plant yesterday. The union w(...)
Exercise break on picket line, Employee Andrew Lane tosses a football around on the picket line at Lily Cups' Markham Rd. plant yesterday. The union w(...)
1/18/1988
Orville reid and his dog, Bambi, lead a picket line today outside the Canadian National Institute for the Blind headquarters on Bayview Ave. Pickets, (...)
Orville reid and his dog, Bambi, lead a picket line today outside the Canadian National Institute for the Blind headquarters on Bayview Ave. Pickets, (...)
3/22/1977
Rainy day picket, A lone picket walks the line outside the Casa Loma campus of George Brown College yesterday
Rainy day picket, A lone picket walks the line outside the Casa Loma campus of George Brown College yesterday
11/7/1989
On the line: Union steward Derek Cunningham, right, and other members jump the gun and set up a picket line at the Molson brewery on Carlingview Dr. yesterday
On the line: Union steward Derek Cunningham, right, and other members jump the gun and set up a picket line at the Molson brewery on Carlingview Dr. yesterday
2/1/1991
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
Hold that line, Pickets at the strike-bound plant of Butcher Engineering Enterprises of Brampton attempt to hold back a car trying to cross the line t(...)
Hold that line, Pickets at the strike-bound plant of Butcher Engineering Enterprises of Brampton attempt to hold back a car trying to cross the line t(...)
9/17/1979
On the line: United Steelworkers organizers lead Tim Hortons employees on the picket line yesterday after negotiations failed at two outlets in London, Ont
On the line: United Steelworkers organizers lead Tim Hortons employees on the picket line yesterday after negotiations failed at two outlets in London, Ont
2/23/1998
Breaking through the line, University of Toronto police restrain pickets at the Robarts Library today as an employee arrives for work. Library workers(...)
Breaking through the line, University of Toronto police restrain pickets at the Robarts Library today as an employee arrives for work. Library workers(...)
5/29/1991
Picket line set up
Picket line set up
12/22/1988
Chelmsford Students jeer as Cars Cross Picket Line at Struck School, School board has now applied for a ban on all picketing, as 200 join 14 strikers near Sudbury
Chelmsford Students jeer as Cars Cross Picket Line at Struck School, School board has now applied for a ban on all picketing, as 200 join 14 strikers near Sudbury
3/19/1966
Police Grab Unionist George Ingham, during picket line violence outside Chelmsford District Composite School in Sudbury area. Steelworker Ingham. secr(...)
Police Grab Unionist George Ingham, during picket line violence outside Chelmsford District Composite School in Sudbury area. Steelworker Ingham. secr(...)
3/18/1966
Violence on the picket Line-A symbol of Canada's worst year for Labour unrest
Violence on the picket Line-A symbol of Canada's worst year for Labour unrest
3/18/1966