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Afte losing jobs, some white-collar workers such as Frank Polan, above, decide to set up their own home-based businesses, most report being much happier with their new situations
Afte losing jobs, some white-collar workers such as Frank Polan, above, decide to set up their own home-based businesses, most report being much happier with their new situations

Afte losing jobs, some white-collar workers such as Frank Polan, above, decide to set up their own home-based businesses, most report being much happier with their new situations

Date2/3/1992
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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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
Representing Businesses hurt by the postal strike, about 75 pickets march outside the Royal York Hotel yesterday, across Front St. from striking postal workers and sympathizers. [Incomplete]
Representing Businesses hurt by the postal strike, about 75 pickets march outside the Royal York Hotel yesterday, across Front St. from striking postal workers and sympathizers. [Incomplete]
10/28/1975
Director of lifeline, a non-profit project to assist steel company workers with drug and alcohol addiction problems, Lloyd Fell says he has rehabilitated 108 workers who would otherwise have lost their jobs. Lifeline, set up by United Steelworkers and Tor
Director of lifeline, a non-profit project to assist steel company workers with drug and alcohol addiction problems, Lloyd Fell says he has rehabilitated 108 workers who would otherwise have lost their jobs. Lifeline, set up by United Steelworkers and Tor
3/26/1975
Rural skills: Jim Hicks instructs Ingrid Engler in the art of milking, as farming is an important part of most of the Third World situations that will be encountered by the trainees
Rural skills: Jim Hicks instructs Ingrid Engler in the art of milking, as farming is an important part of most of the Third World situations that will be encountered by the trainees
11/20/1980
Classroom situations in Ontario schools must change, says Connie Mahaffy, with teacher husband Gordon (above)
Classroom situations in Ontario schools must change, says Connie Mahaffy, with teacher husband Gordon (above)
6/17/1975
Rhymed slogans on billboards originally were teasers referring only to ACTE, but with the launching of a campaign to organize white-collar workers the(...)
Rhymed slogans on billboards originally were teasers referring only to ACTE, but with the launching of a campaign to organize white-collar workers the(...)
1/25/1973
Bell Operators are among white collar workers who are coming to recognize that collective bargaining is a necessity, says Stanley Little
Bell Operators are among white collar workers who are coming to recognize that collective bargaining is a necessity, says Stanley Little
8/30/1972
John Sculley: In a much-publicized changing of the guard at Apple, Sculley took over from Steven Jobs, although by Sculley's own admission, Jobs' vision still guides the firm
John Sculley: In a much-publicized changing of the guard at Apple, Sculley took over from Steven Jobs, although by Sculley's own admission, Jobs' vision still guides the firm
11/23/1987
Sorry - no jobs here: With high technology destroying jobs instead of creting them, workers face problems
Sorry - no jobs here: With high technology destroying jobs instead of creting them, workers face problems
9/13/1974
Carpet workers rally: Laid-off Harding Carpet workers march at Queen's Park yesterday, demanding that their jobs at the Collingwood and Brantford plants not be moved to Tennessee
Carpet workers rally: Laid-off Harding Carpet workers march at Queen's Park yesterday, demanding that their jobs at the Collingwood and Brantford plants not be moved to Tennessee
10/29/1990
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
Former premier leslie frost feels that succession duties are responsible for prosperous Canadian family businesses contemplating sellouts to foreign money. It could be disastrous, he says
Former premier leslie frost feels that succession duties are responsible for prosperous Canadian family businesses contemplating sellouts to foreign money. It could be disastrous, he says
1/11/1973