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Striking Up The Music, Part-time post office worker John Heffernan 24, went to work today but only to play his dulcimer for the entertainment of strik(...)
Striking Up The Music, Part-time post office worker John Heffernan 24, went to work today but only to play his dulcimer for the entertainment of strik(...)

Striking Up The Music, Part-time post office worker John Heffernan 24, went to work today but only to play his dulcimer for the entertainment of strik(...)

Date10/22/1975
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Original Toronto Star caption: Striking Up The Music; Part-time post office worker John Heffernan 24; went to work today but only to play his dulcimer for the entertainment of striking members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers at Postal Station A at Bay and Front Sts. The strike of the nation's 22;000 inside postal workers is in second day with little hope for an early settlement. Only a handful of workers crossed picket lines in Toronto; a postal official said.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0017216F
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