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Union defender

Date11/4/1981

Names

Canadian Union of Public Employees (subject)

Hartman, Grace, 1918-1993 (subject)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Wilkes, Jim (photographer)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Union defender: ''The more than 1,000 workers who join CUPE every month are not attracted by the image of a paper tiger,'' says Grace Hartman, national president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees.

Subject

Portraits

Labor leaders

Medium

Photographs

Language

English

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0053706F

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