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Added benefit. Retired General Motors worker Pete Klym gathers wood to heat his house from a huge pile of discarded skids. GM lets its employees take (...)
Added benefit. Retired General Motors worker Pete Klym gathers wood to heat his house from a huge pile of discarded skids. GM lets its employees take (...)

Added benefit. Retired General Motors worker Pete Klym gathers wood to heat his house from a huge pile of discarded skids. GM lets its employees take (...)

Date2/2/1995
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Original Toronto Star caption: Added benefit. Retired General Motors worker Pete Klym gathers wood to heat his house from a huge pile of discarded skids. GM lets its employees take the scrap wood for their fireplaces and wood stoves.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Object NumberTSPA_0107267F
Auto workers picket in Oshawa, These striking General Motors' workers are all smiles as they gather around a bonfire of wood and tires they built on t(...)
Auto workers picket in Oshawa, These striking General Motors' workers are all smiles as they gather around a bonfire of wood and tires they built on t(...)
10/17/1984
Grass roots management: General Motors Corp. president E. M. (Pete) Estes holds paint hose on production line of new GM paint plant dedicated yesterday.
Grass roots management: General Motors Corp. president E. M. (Pete) Estes holds paint hose on production line of new GM paint plant dedicated yesterday.
10/1/1980
Happy camper: We may be skids but we're high-class skids, says Skid-City's Linda Metten
Happy camper: We may be skids but we're high-class skids, says Skid-City's Linda Metten
10/6/1993
Emmauel Bourdos, whose take-home pay as a hospital orderly is about $110 a week, helps the two eldest of his six children with their homework as the family gathers around the table. From the left are Bourdos, Photini, 11, Margaret, 10, Mrs. Bourdos holding Dino, 2, Tina, 5, and Bessie, S. Bourdos is one of 6,000 Metro hospital workers who are preparing to risk the consequences of an illegal strike to get a decent wage comparable to that in similar work.
Emmauel Bourdos, whose take-home pay as a hospital orderly is about $110 a week, helps the two eldest of his six children with their homework as the family gathers around the table. From the left are Bourdos, Photini, 11, Margaret, 10, Mrs. Bourdos holding Dino, 2, Tina, 5, and Bessie, S. Bourdos is one of 6,000 Metro hospital workers who are preparing to risk the consequences of an illegal strike to get a decent wage comparable to that in similar work.
1/3/1974
Once upon a time, when portrait in background was painted, he was Count of Czachi, but today he is just plain George Czachi, a $4.49-an-hour assembly line inspector and member of United Auto Worker union at General Motors. In his native Hungary, he lived in a castle, and his family owned its own factory.
Once upon a time, when portrait in background was painted, he was Count of Czachi, but today he is just plain George Czachi, a $4.49-an-hour assembly line inspector and member of United Auto Worker union at General Motors. In his native Hungary, he lived in a castle, and his family owned its own factory.
2/1/1972
Huge price tag: Dennis Callan, the TTC official in charge of let's move, says he is worried the province may balk at paying its traditional 75 per cent share for the transit expansion.
Huge price tag: Dennis Callan, the TTC official in charge of let's move, says he is worried the province may balk at paying its traditional 75 per cent share for the transit expansion.
4/8/1991
The toothy smile on Don McPherson, president of General Motors of Canada, is matched by the toothy smile on GM's 1979 Buick, previewed at the Canadian(...)
The toothy smile on Don McPherson, president of General Motors of Canada, is matched by the toothy smile on GM's 1979 Buick, previewed at the Canadian(...)
9/15/1978
Busting skids: Constable Terry Browne of 14 Division practises emergency braking in grvel on one of the force's new BMW motorbikes equipped with ABS
Busting skids: Constable Terry Browne of 14 Division practises emergency braking in grvel on one of the force's new BMW motorbikes equipped with ABS
8/7/1991
Ken Sinclair (above) skids across the court for a forehand return while Max Ward scans the skies for a tennis ball that should be coming down sometime(...)
Ken Sinclair (above) skids across the court for a forehand return while Max Ward scans the skies for a tennis ball that should be coming down sometime(...)
6/4/1963
On the skids
On the skids
7/21/1990
Whatever became of crooner Dick Haymes? He hit the skids in the '50s and came back to nightclub success in the '70s
Whatever became of crooner Dick Haymes? He hit the skids in the '50s and came back to nightclub success in the '70s
11/15/1973
Scrap business on the skids
Scrap business on the skids
10/13/1982