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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

Laid off: Doug Copeland and other workers with low seniority were hit when GM issued 1,450 pinks slips in January

Date2/5/1993
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Original Toronto Star caption: Laid off: Doug Copeland and other workers with low seniority were hit when GM issued 1;450 pinks slips in January.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0018544F
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
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
Job hunting: 'The new ones are the most depressing because they're people who worked steadily for 10 or 12 years and suddenly they've been laid off,' says welfare worker Rochelle Winnick
Job hunting: 'The new ones are the most depressing because they're people who worked steadily for 10 or 12 years and suddenly they've been laid off,' says welfare worker Rochelle Winnick
5/1/1970
Chris Millward, 32, a corporate banker, found being laid off came almost as a relief after months of ansxiety
Chris Millward, 32, a corporate banker, found being laid off came almost as a relief after months of ansxiety
5/27/1992
The Ice Capades' Nightingale. It's that time of year again when Ice Capades slips into Maple Leaf Gardens with its spectacles for children of all ages(...)
The Ice Capades' Nightingale. It's that time of year again when Ice Capades slips into Maple Leaf Gardens with its spectacles for children of all ages(...)
11/3/1977
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
Looking over Toronto's railway yards, Sanford Duplassie, 25, left White River in June when CP Rail laid off workers. There's a future here, he says. Only one of his friends has remained in the north. There's nothing there for the younger person. There's no industry. There's nothing. Over half the town is made up of pnsioners. His father is one of them. Sanford's 11 brothers and sisters are scattered across North America, from Texas to British Columbia.
Looking over Toronto's railway yards, Sanford Duplassie, 25, left White River in June when CP Rail laid off workers. There's a future here, he says. Only one of his friends has remained in the north. There's nothing there for the younger person. There's no industry. There's nothing. Over half the town is made up of pnsioners. His father is one of them. Sanford's 11 brothers and sisters are scattered across North America, from Texas to British Columbia.
12/5/1973
Looking over Toronto's railway yards, Sanford Duplassie, 25, left White River in June when CP Rail laid off workers. There's a future here, he says. Only one of his friends has remained in the north. There's nothing there for the younger person. There's no industry. There's nothing. Over half the town is made up of pnsioners. His father is one of them. Sanford's 11 brothers and sisters are scattered across North America, from Texas to British Columbia.
Looking over Toronto's railway yards, Sanford Duplassie, 25, left White River in June when CP Rail laid off workers. There's a future here, he says. Only one of his friends has remained in the north. There's nothing there for the younger person. There's no industry. There's nothing. Over half the town is made up of pnsioners. His father is one of them. Sanford's 11 brothers and sisters are scattered across North America, from Texas to British Columbia.
12/5/1973
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
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
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