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Checking off the names of postal workers manning the picket line outside the main post office building in Toronto today, union shop steward Clark Robi(...)
Checking off the names of postal workers manning the picket line outside the main post office building in Toronto today, union shop steward Clark Robi(...)

Checking off the names of postal workers manning the picket line outside the main post office building in Toronto today, union shop steward Clark Robi(...)

Date6/9/1970
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Original Toronto Star caption: Checking off the names of postal workers manning the picket line outside the main post office building in Toronto today; union shop steward Clark Robinson holds a clipboard while carriers sit on fence waiting to take up picket duty. The postal workers walked off their jobs at 6 a.m. today as part of a series of rotating strikes. Yesterday; the suburbs were struck; but city deliveries were normal.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0017184F
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