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Gearing Up: Andre Kolomper, Toronto local president with the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, stacks signs last night as strike deadline approached
Gearing Up: Andre Kolomper, Toronto local president with the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, stacks signs last night as strike deadline approached

Gearing Up: Andre Kolomper, Toronto local president with the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, stacks signs last night as strike deadline approached

Date8/22/1991
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Original Toronto Star caption: Gearing Up: Andre Kolomper; Toronto local president with the Canadian Union of Postal Workers; stacks signs last night as strike deadline approached.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0017344F
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