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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
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

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

Date11/13/1975
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Picketing alongside striking teachers, students at L'Amoureaux Collegiate in Scarborough march with their own placards yesterday, calling for an end t(...)
Picketing alongside striking teachers, students at L'Amoureaux Collegiate in Scarborough march with their own placards yesterday, calling for an end t(...)
11/17/1975
Snowman on picket duty, Students picketing Jarvis Collegiate in support of their striking teachers have built a snowman picket in front of the school,(...)
Snowman on picket duty, Students picketing Jarvis Collegiate in support of their striking teachers have built a snowman picket in front of the school,(...)
12/3/1975
Opposing the nine-week-old strike of secondary school teachers, students march and chant at Queen's Park yesterday
Opposing the nine-week-old strike of secondary school teachers, students march and chant at Queen's Park yesterday
1/15/1976
Jim Clancy: Province is trying to gut teachers' workload rules, union leader charges
Jim Clancy: Province is trying to gut teachers' workload rules, union leader charges
10/2/1984
Still on strike mentally, as one teacher says, some of the 8,800 striking teachers legislated back to work form protest lines outside Jarvis Collegiat(...)
Still on strike mentally, as one teacher says, some of the 8,800 striking teachers legislated back to work form protest lines outside Jarvis Collegiat(...)
1/19/1976
Oh, what a fun bunch of teachers!, What former student of William Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate in North York could resist this pitch by current teachers (...)
Oh, what a fun bunch of teachers!, What former student of William Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate in North York could resist this pitch by current teachers (...)
4/5/1985
Declaring they are the forgotten victims of the 37-day-old strike by Metro secondary-school teachers, 28 students picket outside York Memorial Collegi(...)
Declaring they are the forgotten victims of the 37-day-old strike by Metro secondary-school teachers, 28 students picket outside York Memorial Collegi(...)
12/17/1975
Setting up picket lines in Metro's first teacher strike, teachers at Northern Secondary School get their placards today when 8,800 teachers struck 135(...)
Setting up picket lines in Metro's first teacher strike, teachers at Northern Secondary School get their placards today when 8,800 teachers struck 135(...)
11/12/1975
School's IN: Seneca College instructors Irene Kanurkas and Jim Streeter react with joy to the news yesterday that the strike by Ontario community college teachers is over
School's IN: Seneca College instructors Irene Kanurkas and Jim Streeter react with joy to the news yesterday that the strike by Ontario community college teachers is over
11/14/1989
Dwight Daigneault, president of the North York secondary school teachers' federation, says, We intend to keep on fighting. He said teachers are worried about the educational product.
Dwight Daigneault, president of the North York secondary school teachers' federation, says, We intend to keep on fighting. He said teachers are worried about the educational product.
4/13/1972
Hoping for settlement of the secondary-school teachers' strike this week, three mediators have been working almost around the clock at the Royal York (...)
Hoping for settlement of the secondary-school teachers' strike this week, three mediators have been working almost around the clock at the Royal York (...)
12/8/1975
Teachers protest: Jeers from 1,200 teachers greet Education Minister Sean Conway's announcement at Queen's Park the province has no plans to get involved in college strike
Teachers protest: Jeers from 1,200 teachers greet Education Minister Sean Conway's announcement at Queen's Park the province has no plans to get involved in college strike
11/8/1989