Skip to main content
Digital Archive Toronto Public Library Homepage
Grim announcement: Former Cobi workers Ariene Cullins, left, and Karen Verge, both of Oshawa, show their layoff notices yesterday
Grim announcement: Former Cobi workers Ariene Cullins, left, and Karen Verge, both of Oshawa, show their layoff notices yesterday

Grim announcement: Former Cobi workers Ariene Cullins, left, and Karen Verge, both of Oshawa, show their layoff notices yesterday

Date12/7/1989
Names
(photographer)
Format
Notes
Original Toronto Star caption: Grim announcement: Former Cobi workers Ariene Cullins; left; and Karen Verge; both of Oshawa; show their layoff notices yesterday.
Medium
Language
ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0018511F
Bad news: Martin Cosby (left), an assembler at de Havilland Aircraft is one of 400 workers to get layoff notices last week
Bad news: Martin Cosby (left), an assembler at de Havilland Aircraft is one of 400 workers to get layoff notices last week
10/2/1992
Bad news: Saddened General Tire workers in Barrie reflect during their work break on the announcement of the closing down of their plant next month, a move which will throw almost 900 out of work
Bad news: Saddened General Tire workers in Barrie reflect during their work break on the announcement of the closing down of their plant next month, a move which will throw almost 900 out of work
9/4/1991
Facing the axe: A de Havilland worker, leaving the Downsview plant yesterday with fellow employees, reacts with a thumbs-down to news of 1,300 layoffs
Facing the axe: A de Havilland worker, leaving the Downsview plant yesterday with fellow employees, reacts with a thumbs-down to news of 1,300 layoffs
10/4/1991
Out of work: Christina Kocsis, left, expects layoff in November
Out of work: Christina Kocsis, left, expects layoff in November
9/23/1991
Left behind: At Metro Labor Council job search program, counsellor Vince Greason helps laid-off workers YukHa Lee, left, and Darshan Singh
Left behind: At Metro Labor Council job search program, counsellor Vince Greason helps laid-off workers YukHa Lee, left, and Darshan Singh
12/16/1988
Workers pour out of General Motors Frigidaire plant at end of shift yesterday after being told the company is getting out of the household appliance i(...)
Workers pour out of General Motors Frigidaire plant at end of shift yesterday after being told the company is getting out of the household appliance i(...)
10 September 1970
On street: Andy Hughes, left, Sharon Talbot, Kristine Sekulich and Lionel Walsh, four of 72 fired TTC workers, meet at downtown restaurant to discuss their future options
On street: Andy Hughes, left, Sharon Talbot, Kristine Sekulich and Lionel Walsh, four of 72 fired TTC workers, meet at downtown restaurant to discuss their future options
11/27/1992
Camps for Trans-Canada highway workers, Trans-Canada highway camps to house workers on the North Bay-Pembroke section of the Ontario route, are nearing completion
Camps for Trans-Canada highway workers, Trans-Canada highway camps to house workers on the North Bay-Pembroke section of the Ontario route, are nearing completion
9/26/1931
Sorry - no jobs here: With high technology destroying jobs instead of creting them, workers face problems
Sorry - no jobs here: With high technology destroying jobs instead of creting them, workers face problems
9/13/1974
Bad news: Canada Packers workers Joe Aldridge and Bernie Dolman (in white coats) have a combined 69 years experience with the company
Bad news: Canada Packers workers Joe Aldridge and Bernie Dolman (in white coats) have a combined 69 years experience with the company
4/8/1983
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
5/30/1980
Laid off: Doug Copeland and other workers with low seniority were hit when GM issued 1,450 pinks slips in January
Laid off: Doug Copeland and other workers with low seniority were hit when GM issued 1,450 pinks slips in January
2/5/1993