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Extra protection: Labor minister Robert Elgie has made proposals to help workers being laid off, like these ones leaving Massey-Ferguson last spring for a long, jobless summer
Extra protection: Labor minister Robert Elgie has made proposals to help workers being laid off, like these ones leaving Massey-Ferguson last spring for a long, jobless summer

Extra protection: Labor minister Robert Elgie has made proposals to help workers being laid off, like these ones leaving Massey-Ferguson last spring for a long, jobless summer

Date5/30/1980
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Original Toronto Star caption: Extra protection: Labor minister Robert Elgie has made proposals to help workers being laid off; like these ones leaving Massey-Ferguson last spring for a long; jobless summer.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0018414F
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