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An illegal strike of postal workers shortly before Christmas was touched off by the assignment of casual workers to automated equipment. The Post Offi(...)
An illegal strike of postal workers shortly before Christmas was touched off by the assignment of casual workers to automated equipment. The Post Offi(...)

An illegal strike of postal workers shortly before Christmas was touched off by the assignment of casual workers to automated equipment. The Post Offi(...)

Date12/8/1977
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Original Toronto Star caption: An illegal strike of postal workers shortly before Christmas was touched off by the assignment of casual workers to automated equipment. The Post Office management later admitted it had erred. Ed Finn writes. He says a clean-up of the arrogance; insensitivity and bureaucratic ineptitude of the Post Office administration is long overdue.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0017209F
In a personal protest against mail the strike, 71-year-old pensioner pickets postal workers outside Toronto Post Office's Terminal One at Bay and Fron(...)
In a personal protest against mail the strike, 71-year-old pensioner pickets postal workers outside Toronto Post Office's Terminal One at Bay and Fron(...)
11/19/1975
During a walkout by 400 postal workers at the main post office last night, vice-president John Potts of the Toronto Union of Postal Workers appeals fo(...)
During a walkout by 400 postal workers at the main post office last night, vice-president John Potts of the Toronto Union of Postal Workers appeals fo(...)
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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(...)
6/9/1970
Postal Workers Vote On Strike, The decisive ballots in the vote on whether there will be a nation-wide postal strike are being cast today and tomorrow(...)
Postal Workers Vote On Strike, The decisive ballots in the vote on whether there will be a nation-wide postal strike are being cast today and tomorrow(...)
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Strike, Members of the Toronto local of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers voted narrowly to extend their strike to all Metro postal stations. Paul (...)
Strike, Members of the Toronto local of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers voted narrowly to extend their strike to all Metro postal stations. Paul (...)
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7/27/1965
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Chinks appeared in the postal strike today as some workers returned to the job
Chinks appeared in the postal strike today as some workers returned to the job
11/10/1975
On A Wildcat Strike, postal workers picket Terminal A at Front and Bay Sts
On A Wildcat Strike, postal workers picket Terminal A at Front and Bay Sts
2/10/1974
Angry postal workers shove reporters as they leave union meeting after learning strike's over
Angry postal workers shove reporters as they leave union meeting after learning strike's over
10/25/1978
No more strikes by postal workers, such as the 22-day one (above) which ended in August, or by other public employees, should be allowed, Royal Commis(...)
No more strikes by postal workers, such as the 22-day one (above) which ended in August, or by other public employees, should be allowed, Royal Commis(...)
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Last postal workers' strike, in October, 1978, was ended by Parliament with legislation
Last postal workers' strike, in October, 1978, was ended by Parliament with legislation
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