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New militancy: Jean-Guy Belanger was appointed to take charge of the Toronto local of the Hotel and Restaurant Workers' Union when it was obviously tottering.
New militancy: Jean-Guy Belanger was appointed to take charge of the Toronto local of the Hotel and Restaurant Workers' Union when it was obviously tottering.

New militancy: Jean-Guy Belanger was appointed to take charge of the Toronto local of the Hotel and Restaurant Workers' Union when it was obviously tottering.

Date2/24/1981
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The nine-week strike by Metro high school teacher's pushed them to the forefront of union activism after years non-militancy. We were forced into it, says union president Jim Forster, shown picketing with teachers outside Oakwood Collegiate in mid-Novembe
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Report criticized Ken Montgomery, right, president of the union local at the Johns-Manville workers
Report criticized Ken Montgomery, right, president of the union local at the Johns-Manville workers
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Max Federman, 88, until four months ago director of the fur workers union, will march in his 56th Labor Day parade tomorrow. 'Find another guy like that!' he says proudly.
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Worker's friend: Gary Lilley works at his job as president of the Untied Auto Workers' Local 1090
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Retired auto workers speak out, Buzz Hargreaves, CAW Union president shakes hands with one of 500 retired union members who staged a protest yesterday at the union's national bargaining convention at the Sheraton Centre
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