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Ed Fortin, personel manager, Abitibi, looks at some siding on stopped production line where workers laid off
Ed Fortin, personel manager, Abitibi, looks at some siding on stopped production line where workers laid off

Ed Fortin, personel manager, Abitibi, looks at some siding on stopped production line where workers laid off

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Original Toronto Star caption: Ed Fortin, personel manager, Abitibi, looks at some siding on stopped production line where workers laid off.
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Lone worker leaves Abitibi main gate at shift end, where normally crowd of workers leaves, Sturgeon falls
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Production lines have been virtually deserted at Metro's de Havilland aircraft plant since 900 production workers walked off their jobs on Jan. 20, 19(...)
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Carpet workers rally: Laid-off Harding Carpet workers march at Queen's Park yesterday, demanding that their jobs at the Collingwood and Brantford plants not be moved to Tennessee
Carpet workers rally: Laid-off Harding Carpet workers march at Queen's Park yesterday, demanding that their jobs at the Collingwood and Brantford plants not be moved to Tennessee
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Harbor Closed: A picket looks toward a lift bridge in Hamilton harbor, where striking workers disrupted boat traffic yesterday
Harbor Closed: A picket looks toward a lift bridge in Hamilton harbor, where striking workers disrupted boat traffic yesterday
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Model Village of Abitibi Canyon provides workers with a four-room bungalow for $14
Model Village of Abitibi Canyon provides workers with a four-room bungalow for $14
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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
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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.
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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
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Left behind: At Metro Labor Council job search program, counsellor Vince Greason helps laid-off workers YukHa Lee, left, and Darshan Singh
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Hoyt White directs production at Canadian Admiral's Toronto plant where 275 workers, such as Wanda Manzo (left), are employed. They'll produce about 6(...)
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