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Holding back

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Holding back

Date6/18/1987

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Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Wilkes, Jim (photographer)

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Picture

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Original Toronto Star caption: Holding back: A striking letter carrier; foreground; restrains a fellow picket outside a Commissioners St. warehouse last night as strikebreakers entered to await assignment. After the strikers left to picket at the Eastern Ave. postal station; the strikebreakers were sent home for the night.

Subject

Strikes and lockouts

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Photographs

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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)

Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0017284F

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