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The price of election defeat for former garbage union boss William Overkott, 60, was return to his old job today as $120-a-week garbage truck helper. (...)
The price of election defeat for former garbage union boss William Overkott, 60, was return to his old job today as $120-a-week garbage truck helper. (...)

The price of election defeat for former garbage union boss William Overkott, 60, was return to his old job today as $120-a-week garbage truck helper. (...)

Date1/28/1969
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Original Toronto Star caption: The price of election defeat for former garbage union boss William Overkott, 60, was return to his old job today as $120-a-week garbage truck helper. Overkott was voted out of his $10,000-a-year union post last November and his term of office officially ended on January 15. The new union president, Russell Doyle, said it was a crime that at his age he has to go back and slug garbage.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0072188F
Printing passes the time and makes life interesting for George Brown who is 68 and has been retired for four years from his job as a postal worker. This is his first attempt at creating a finished painting after taking instruction as the Second Mile Club, a 120-year-old mansion is downtown Toronto that is crowded with old people every night of the week.
Printing passes the time and makes life interesting for George Brown who is 68 and has been retired for four years from his job as a postal worker. This is his first attempt at creating a finished painting after taking instruction as the Second Mile Club, a 120-year-old mansion is downtown Toronto that is crowded with old people every night of the week.
2/12/1969
A 15 per cent pay raise is what William Overkott, president of Local 43 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, is seeking from Metro for his men. (...)
A 15 per cent pay raise is what William Overkott, president of Local 43 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, is seeking from Metro for his men. (...)
6/18/1968
Wm. Overkott. Former Union leader of Toronto Garbagemen local 43 Canadian Union of public employees
Wm. Overkott. Former Union leader of Toronto Garbagemen local 43 Canadian Union of public employees
2/12/1970
Their differences forgotten, Metro chairman William Allen and William Overkott, president of Local 43 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, shake(...)
Their differences forgotten, Metro chairman William Allen and William Overkott, president of Local 43 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, shake(...)
11/4/1966
Garbage giants: North York Council may have put plans for once-a-week garbage collection on hold, but John Murphy fears its just a delaying tactic before council expands use of these huge containers for automated pickup at single family homes
Garbage giants: North York Council may have put plans for once-a-week garbage collection on hold, but John Murphy fears its just a delaying tactic before council expands use of these huge containers for automated pickup at single family homes
9/25/1989
Image shows a bus being loaded on a big ship.
Next stop; Lima. Toronto dock workers load one of 25 buses decommissioned by the Toronto Transit Commission on to a freighter at Pier 51 near Cherry St. and Unwin Ave. yesterday. The buses; taken out of service after 18 years; and two city garbage trucks are bound for Lima; Peru.
4/30/1991
A garbage truck rolls through Maple
A garbage truck rolls through Maple
1/31/1974
Sitting on the Garbage, Robert Litz, a private contractor hired by the borough of Etobicoke to collect and dispose of bulky items, takes notes as worker loads furniture on truck
Sitting on the Garbage, Robert Litz, a private contractor hired by the borough of Etobicoke to collect and dispose of bulky items, takes notes as worker loads furniture on truck
1/13/1972
The sight of a truck passenger strewing orange peels and other garbage on the street prompted a reader to action
The sight of a truck passenger strewing orange peels and other garbage on the street prompted a reader to action
8/19/1969
Garbage collector: Driver-loader on city truck earns $16,000
Garbage collector: Driver-loader on city truck earns $16,000
7/8/1975
Waste removal: A Disposal Services truck collects and hauls garbage from overseas flights arriving at Pearson international Airport's Terminal One
Waste removal: A Disposal Services truck collects and hauls garbage from overseas flights arriving at Pearson international Airport's Terminal One
8/23/1988
Waste removal: A Disposal services truck collects and hauls garbage from overseas flights arriving at Pearson International Airport's Terminal One
Waste removal: A Disposal services truck collects and hauls garbage from overseas flights arriving at Pearson International Airport's Terminal One
8/23/1988