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Strike scuffle
Strike scuffle

Strike scuffle

Date10/10/1987
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Original Toronto Star caption: Strike scuffle: Peel Region police tangle with a picket outside the Gateway sorting plant in Mississauga last night after strikers threw rocks and eggs at buses carrying replacement workers. Police marched on the strikers when the buses approached; and there were at least three arrests.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0017278F
Bitter memories: Policeman scuffles with picket during strike at Irwin Toy in Etobicoke in 1981
Bitter memories: Policeman scuffles with picket during strike at Irwin Toy in Etobicoke in 1981
9/11/1981
Black door scuffle outside the struck Peterborough Examiner takes place between pickets and police as the officers make an unsuccessful attempt to get(...)
Black door scuffle outside the struck Peterborough Examiner takes place between pickets and police as the officers make an unsuccessful attempt to get(...)
11/9/1968
Picket-line scuffle
Picket-line scuffle
10/9/1987
Police And Pickets scuffle outside Artistic Woodwork Co
Police And Pickets scuffle outside Artistic Woodwork Co
11/14/1973
Alderman arrested in scuffle. Alderman Dan Heap, right, was charged with assault and obstructing police this morning on the picket line at the Artisti(...)
Alderman arrested in scuffle. Alderman Dan Heap, right, was charged with assault and obstructing police this morning on the picket line at the Artisti(...)
10/15/1973
Idled by Strike of trawlermen, fish processing plant workers sipped beer last August on a hillside overlooking a dozen tied-up trawlers at Morring Cove, Nfld. They're idled again in the current strike.
Idled by Strike of trawlermen, fish processing plant workers sipped beer last August on a hillside overlooking a dozen tied-up trawlers at Morring Cove, Nfld. They're idled again in the current strike.
8/25/1974
Historic strike: In 1965, postal workers stunned the nation with a wildcat walkout that eventually won them the right to strike
Historic strike: In 1965, postal workers stunned the nation with a wildcat walkout that eventually won them the right to strike
7/27/1965
Strike Goes On, On strike at the Consolidated Bathurst packaging goods plant in Whitby since May 10, International Woodworkers members Jim Wong (left)(...)
Strike Goes On, On strike at the Consolidated Bathurst packaging goods plant in Whitby since May 10, International Woodworkers members Jim Wong (left)(...)
6/10/1974
Votes counted at Royal York hotel to decide if inside postal workers would strike, The ballot count was 906 in favor of a strike and 286 opposed. Metro mail is tied up completely
Votes counted at Royal York hotel to decide if inside postal workers would strike, The ballot count was 906 in favor of a strike and 286 opposed. Metro mail is tied up completely
7/26/1965
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(...)
10/15/1975
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 (...)
12/10/1977
Fewer strikes? The Canadian Labor Relations Board ordered merger in the hope that a mega-union would make Canada Post less vulnerable to strikes like (...)
Fewer strikes? The Canadian Labor Relations Board ordered merger in the hope that a mega-union would make Canada Post less vulnerable to strikes like (...)
10/8/1987