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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

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

Date8/13/1982
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0133376F
Shared loss: Matthew (Al) Cripps reads a protest sheet as Mark Toljagic looks on at a self-help meeting for the relatives of workers killed on the job. We have no rights at all, Cripps says.
Shared loss: Matthew (Al) Cripps reads a protest sheet as Mark Toljagic looks on at a self-help meeting for the relatives of workers killed on the job. We have no rights at all, Cripps says.
4/24/1992
An Etobicoke man with epilepsy claims the Canada Employment and Immigration Commission is discriminating against him by asking him to take tests before starting a job retraining program
An Etobicoke man with epilepsy claims the Canada Employment and Immigration Commission is discriminating against him by asking him to take tests before starting a job retraining program
7/18/1985
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
About 1,000 garment workers marched through the downtown fashion district streets today after walking off their jobs and shutting down 19 factories in(...)
About 1,000 garment workers marched through the downtown fashion district streets today after walking off their jobs and shutting down 19 factories in(...)
9/15/1986
Conservative changes: Gord Martineau, who once favored a 'hippie' image, has taken a conservative turn in dressing for his job as anchorman for City-TV's Citypulse News
Conservative changes: Gord Martineau, who once favored a 'hippie' image, has taken a conservative turn in dressing for his job as anchorman for City-TV's Citypulse News
9/24/1981
Protest rallies: Injured workers have gathered at Queen's Park to protest changes to compensation legislation
Protest rallies: Injured workers have gathered at Queen's Park to protest changes to compensation legislation
4/15/1989
Hardhatted crowd of construction workers demonstrates at Queen's Park against proposed changes in labor legislation
Hardhatted crowd of construction workers demonstrates at Queen's Park against proposed changes in labor legislation
10/14/1970
Condemning the Bill: Workers from several unions demonstrate training projects yesterday at Queen's Park to protest proposed changes to apprenticeship system
Condemning the Bill: Workers from several unions demonstrate training projects yesterday at Queen's Park to protest proposed changes to apprenticeship system
11/16/1998
Starting over: Pain sufferer Judy Lima, above, says new clinic taught her how to cope
Starting over: Pain sufferer Judy Lima, above, says new clinic taught her how to cope
12/2/1991
His own supplier: Grant Darbyson shows workers how to press seam in new manufacturing quarters which supply two thirds of the clothing sold in his 33-store chain Darby's Great Hang-Ups Ltd. and Foxmoor Inc. The building, an old paint factory, is located o
His own supplier: Grant Darbyson shows workers how to press seam in new manufacturing quarters which supply two thirds of the clothing sold in his 33-store chain Darby's Great Hang-Ups Ltd. and Foxmoor Inc. The building, an old paint factory, is located o
8/16/1979
Al Coleclough: Top enforcement officer in Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Affairs admits the government isn't doing an adequate job of inspecting the firms it has licensed to operate. He is revamping and retraining his division to better handle mortgage-brokerage firms.
Al Coleclough: Top enforcement officer in Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Affairs admits the government isn't doing an adequate job of inspecting the firms it has licensed to operate. He is revamping and retraining his division to better handle mortgage-brokerage firms.
6/26/1980
Taking aim: When Susan Eng begins her term as police board chairperson, big changes could be in store for officers and Chief William McCormack, far right
Taking aim: When Susan Eng begins her term as police board chairperson, big changes could be in store for officers and Chief William McCormack, far right
11/27/1990