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Five of eight signs held by workers during their strike last year at General Motors in Oshawa demand parity in pay with U.S. workers. The strikers wer(...)
Five of eight signs held by workers during their strike last year at General Motors in Oshawa demand parity in pay with U.S. workers. The strikers wer(...)

Five of eight signs held by workers during their strike last year at General Motors in Oshawa demand parity in pay with U.S. workers. The strikers wer(...)

Date10/23/1970
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Original Toronto Star caption: Five of eight signs held by workers during their strike last year at General Motors in Oshawa demand parity in pay with U.S. workers. The strikers were successful and now other big unions are seeking the same gains. Economists are divided over the benefits-some say it would hurt other Canadians; some that it would help other workers.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0017155F
Auto workers picket in Oshawa, These striking General Motors' workers are all smiles as they gather around a bonfire of wood and tires they built on t(...)
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Strikers demonstrate: About 100 of the 400 central library workers who have been on strike for six weeks demonstrate in Nathan Phillips Square yesterday before a Metro council meeting
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Jubilant strikers mob Archie Wilson (being hugged, centre) after Douglas Aircraft production workers today turned down second chance to vote on compan(...)
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12/9/1971
Nasty confrontation: Security guards turn back Bell Canada strikers and locked-out CFTO workers who tried to enter the Scarborough television station's property yesterday
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7/11/1988
Gearing Up: Andre Kolomper, Toronto local president with the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, stacks signs last night as strike deadline approached
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UAW strikes UAW, Workers at a dental clinic set up by Local 222 of the United Auto Workers in Oshawa threw up a picket line around the clinic yesterda(...)
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Workers at this General Motors' Oshawa plant have achieved wage parity with their U
Workers at this General Motors' Oshawa plant have achieved wage parity with their U
10/23/1970
Ottawa or bust is the motto of the motor cavalcade of striking workers of five C
Ottawa or bust is the motto of the motor cavalcade of striking workers of five C
7/31/1946
Signs of worrying times: Picketing postal workers and a roadside omen
Signs of worrying times: Picketing postal workers and a roadside omen
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There's still coffee money left, and pickets outside the General Motors plant in Oshawa take time out for coffee and doughnuts. But strike funds for 2(...)
There's still coffee money left, and pickets outside the General Motors plant in Oshawa take time out for coffee and doughnuts. But strike funds for 2(...)
10/23/1970
On the line: Workers at S.A. Armstrong Ltd. are so determined to avoid weekend work they have been on strike five months, claiming the right to refuse(...)
On the line: Workers at S.A. Armstrong Ltd. are so determined to avoid weekend work they have been on strike five months, claiming the right to refuse(...)
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