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Two delivery truck drivers are part of the first picket line set up by the 19,000-member Letter Carriers Union at the South Central postal facility on(...)
Two delivery truck drivers are part of the first picket line set up by the 19,000-member Letter Carriers Union at the South Central postal facility on(...)

Two delivery truck drivers are part of the first picket line set up by the 19,000-member Letter Carriers Union at the South Central postal facility on(...)

Date9/21/1978
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Original Toronto Star caption: Two delivery truck drivers are part of the first picket line set up by the 19;000-member Letter Carriers Union at the South Central postal facility on Eastern Ave.; preventing night-shift workers from going in to sort mail. Walkout is expected to last through weekend; Metro mail may resume Tuesday.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0017245F
Striking letter carriers, above, picket outside postal station during recent mail strike
Striking letter carriers, above, picket outside postal station during recent mail strike
9/22/1978
Striking ambulance drivers and attendants set up picket line at Ambulance Station 16 at Dundas St
Striking ambulance drivers and attendants set up picket line at Ambulance Station 16 at Dundas St
6/18/1979
Metro policemen hustle striking letter carriers out of a truck's path as the vehicle enters the Eastern Ave
Metro policemen hustle striking letter carriers out of a truck's path as the vehicle enters the Eastern Ave
6/19/1987
Supporting the mail strike, This letter carriers' union is issuing cards that supporters can hang on their mailboxes, to turn away letters delivered b(...)
Supporting the mail strike, This letter carriers' union is issuing cards that supporters can hang on their mailboxes, to turn away letters delivered b(...)
6/16/1987
Striking Staff Members have set up a picket line outside the Don Mills head office of the Ontario Federation of Labor, closing the central labor organ(...)
Striking Staff Members have set up a picket line outside the Don Mills head office of the Ontario Federation of Labor, closing the central labor organ(...)
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Two letter carriers leave the Bay St
Two letter carriers leave the Bay St
6/16/1987
On the line: Union steward Derek Cunningham, right, and other members jump the gun and set up a picket line at the Molson brewery on Carlingview Dr. yesterday
On the line: Union steward Derek Cunningham, right, and other members jump the gun and set up a picket line at the Molson brewery on Carlingview Dr. yesterday
2/1/1991
Toronto letter carriers' officers (l to r) Frank Bramley, Frank Demchuk, Bob Clark, They searched the rule book before calling for vote of non-confidence in president Bill Dawson
Toronto letter carriers' officers (l to r) Frank Bramley, Frank Demchuk, Bob Clark, They searched the rule book before calling for vote of non-confidence in president Bill Dawson
8/6/1965
In wildcat walkout in which about 300 Metro postmen left their jobs today to join a wave of similar walkouts in other Ontario areas, letter carriers p(...)
In wildcat walkout in which about 300 Metro postmen left their jobs today to join a wave of similar walkouts in other Ontario areas, letter carriers p(...)
11/15/1971
Nor rain, nor . . . One of about 60 striking letter carriers at the Canada Post station on Front St. makes his sign do double duty in the drizzle yest(...)
Nor rain, nor . . . One of about 60 striking letter carriers at the Canada Post station on Front St. makes his sign do double duty in the drizzle yest(...)
7/3/1987
Popcorn on The Picket Line, Striking drivers from Becker's Milk Co
Popcorn on The Picket Line, Striking drivers from Becker's Milk Co
4/28/1977
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(...)
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