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Picket duty
Picket duty

Picket duty

Date2/11/1991
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Original Toronto Star caption: Picket duty: Security and fire protection workers on strike at the General Motors plant in Oshawa prevent a truck from entering yesterday. The guards hope to gain pay equity with $19-an-hour assembly line workers.
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0017112F
With a day off from their usual picket duties at Central Technical School three striking math teachers today picket the home of school trustee Dan Lec(...)
With a day off from their usual picket duties at Central Technical School three striking math teachers today picket the home of school trustee Dan Lec(...)
11/26/1975
Snowman on picket duty, Students picketing Jarvis Collegiate in support of their striking teachers have built a snowman picket in front of the school,(...)
Snowman on picket duty, Students picketing Jarvis Collegiate in support of their striking teachers have built a snowman picket in front of the school,(...)
12/3/1975
Striking postal workers, one of whom brought his dog along, talk on picket duty outside Terminal A at Front and Bay Sts
Striking postal workers, one of whom brought his dog along, talk on picket duty outside Terminal A at Front and Bay Sts
10/21/1975
Picket Duty: For the second day, striking postal workers block the entrances and exits yesterday at a Scarborough depot at Midland Ave
Picket Duty: For the second day, striking postal workers block the entrances and exits yesterday at a Scarborough depot at Midland Ave
9/4/1991
Picket duty
Picket duty
10/8/1987
Empty Pockets: Hydro apprentice Bonnie Urry, on picket duty yesterday, says there's next to nothing of her pay left after she covers basic house and living costs
Empty Pockets: Hydro apprentice Bonnie Urry, on picket duty yesterday, says there's next to nothing of her pay left after she covers basic house and living costs
2/16/1989
Picket duty
Picket duty
7/28/1987
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
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(...)
8/12/1974
Don jail guards scheduled to go on duty this morning show up instead with placards and picket the jail, which has a full house of 700 prisoners. Thirt(...)
Don jail guards scheduled to go on duty this morning show up instead with placards and picket the jail, which has a full house of 700 prisoners. Thirt(...)
12/30/1967
Arriving for Picket Duty - on his bike - TTC driver Herb Dunlop pulls up at Russell Division barns on Queen St
Arriving for Picket Duty - on his bike - TTC driver Herb Dunlop pulls up at Russell Division barns on Queen St
9/11/1978
On Picket Duty, TTC Operator George Shaw reads about the strike while sitting on the front of an idled street car
On Picket Duty, TTC Operator George Shaw reads about the strike while sitting on the front of an idled street car
1/5/1952