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Fruitless Day
Fruitless Day

Fruitless Day

Date8/29/1991
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Original Toronto Star caption: Fruitless Day: Norman Norster; 79; spent hours yesterday waiting for his mail at 2411 Yonge St. before going home empty-handed. Many seniors looking for their pension cheques were disappointed.
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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_0017327F
Sleepy and angry early today, after a long night of fruitless negotiations, Metro Chairman Paul Godfrey (left), TTC Chairman Gordon Hurlburt and TTC c(...)
Sleepy and angry early today, after a long night of fruitless negotiations, Metro Chairman Paul Godfrey (left), TTC Chairman Gordon Hurlburt and TTC c(...)
9/10/1978
2,000,000 a day for mail mountain, As Toronto's first postal strike in 41 years enters its second day, undelivered mail is piling up at post offices a(...)
2,000,000 a day for mail mountain, As Toronto's first postal strike in 41 years enters its second day, undelivered mail is piling up at post offices a(...)
7/24/1965
Monumental jam-ups - in case any downtown driver missed one - were the order of the day as an unprepared Metro faced the first day of the transit stri(...)
Monumental jam-ups - in case any downtown driver missed one - were the order of the day as an unprepared Metro faced the first day of the transit stri(...)
9/11/1978
Moving a mountain of mail started today as Toronto's 1,400 postmen and 2,200 sorters came back to work after a six-day walkout. Toronto Post Office is(...)
Moving a mountain of mail started today as Toronto's 1,400 postmen and 2,200 sorters came back to work after a six-day walkout. Toronto Post Office is(...)
7/30/1965
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(...)
7/18/1968
By Rosemary Speirs Toronto Star, Ottawa - The next few days will answer the key question in the postal strike
By Rosemary Speirs Toronto Star, Ottawa - The next few days will answer the key question in the postal strike
10/22/1978
On the 42nd day of a strike by secondary school teachers in York Region, York Trustees Jack Mackay (left) and Warren Bailie (centre) talk with William(...)
On the 42nd day of a strike by secondary school teachers in York Region, York Trustees Jack Mackay (left) and Warren Bailie (centre) talk with William(...)
3/13/1974
One of the first men back to work after the 153-day strike at the Aanaconda American Brass Co
One of the first men back to work after the 153-day strike at the Aanaconda American Brass Co
10/19/1946
De Havilland picket, On strike 3 days early
De Havilland picket, On strike 3 days early
8/25/1965
Union members walk a picket line during the last railway strike, in 1973, when they were legislated back to work after 10 days. The chief union negoti(...)
Union members walk a picket line during the last railway strike, in 1973, when they were legislated back to work after 10 days. The chief union negoti(...)
8/14/1973
Longshoremen mill about the water-front while a ship lies idle in the background on the second day of a wildcat walkout by 500 stevedores. The men sai(...)
Longshoremen mill about the water-front while a ship lies idle in the background on the second day of a wildcat walkout by 500 stevedores. The men sai(...)
7/24/1963
Red letter day: Mississauga resident Elizabeth Roberge, 83, hugs letter carrier Judy McIntyre as she receives her pension cheque yesterday
Red letter day: Mississauga resident Elizabeth Roberge, 83, hugs letter carrier Judy McIntyre as she receives her pension cheque yesterday
9/2/1991