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Worker's friend: Gary Lilley works at his job as president of the Untied Auto Workers' Local 1090
Worker's friend: Gary Lilley works at his job as president of the Untied Auto Workers' Local 1090

Worker's friend: Gary Lilley works at his job as president of the Untied Auto Workers' Local 1090

Date7/23/1981
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0129466F
Union leaders: Bill Love, left, former president of United rubber Workers local at Firestone plant in Whitby, says future is gloomy for older workers who lost jobs
Union leaders: Bill Love, left, former president of United rubber Workers local at Firestone plant in Whitby, says future is gloomy for older workers who lost jobs
11/5/1981
How it works: Dr. John MacKenzie, who recently retired as co-ordinator of the hand clinic at the Workers' Compensation Board's Downsview Rehabilitation Centre, uses a diagram to explain injuries to workers who are sent to the clinic for treatment. he hopes to continue his research into hand injuries.
How it works: Dr. John MacKenzie, who recently retired as co-ordinator of the hand clinic at the Workers' Compensation Board's Downsview Rehabilitation Centre, uses a diagram to explain injuries to workers who are sent to the clinic for treatment. he hopes to continue his research into hand injuries.
7/2/1985
Lamp clinic: Bonnnie Heath, co-ordinator of the lakeshore Area Multi-Service Project, goes over case reports with Dr. Donald Cole, who treats workers made ill by job-related hazards. Cole works at lamp's occupational health clinic, saved by a government grant recently.
Lamp clinic: Bonnnie Heath, co-ordinator of the lakeshore Area Multi-Service Project, goes over case reports with Dr. Donald Cole, who treats workers made ill by job-related hazards. Cole works at lamp's occupational health clinic, saved by a government grant recently.
5/4/1987
On the job: Former construction worker Vito Giovannetti, right, who now runs his own company, talks with Ed Boone, one of his new employees who was hired under a program set up by the Workers' Compensation Board to find jobs for disabled workers
On the job: Former construction worker Vito Giovannetti, right, who now runs his own company, talks with Ed Boone, one of his new employees who was hired under a program set up by the Workers' Compensation Board to find jobs for disabled workers
6/5/1983
Necessary compromise: John Caines, chairperson of the GM unit of the Canadian Auto Workers, says 'minor' conecession will save 3,800 plant jobs.
Necessary compromise: John Caines, chairperson of the GM unit of the Canadian Auto Workers, says 'minor' conecession will save 3,800 plant jobs.
3/16/1992
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
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
5/4/1993
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
5/8/1984
Worsening shortages of skilled tradesmen have made it difficult for employees such as Gary Maas, who can't find any workers for his small tool and die plant in North York
Worsening shortages of skilled tradesmen have made it difficult for employees such as Gary Maas, who can't find any workers for his small tool and die plant in North York
2/24/1978
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.
12/5/1973
Long-term factory workers are taken through the shock and pain of job loss, taught how to look for work, counselled as to career changes they canmake, or helped in choosing a retraining program
Long-term factory workers are taken through the shock and pain of job loss, taught how to look for work, counselled as to career changes they canmake, or helped in choosing a retraining program
8/13/1982
Bellman puts his feet up: Bill Bilecki, bellman at Royal York hotel for 45 years, is wheeled out of the hotel by bell captain Gerry Lockman after a send-off from friends and co-workers.
Bellman puts his feet up: Bill Bilecki, bellman at Royal York hotel for 45 years, is wheeled out of the hotel by bell captain Gerry Lockman after a send-off from friends and co-workers.
3/7/1986