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Mike Simon is labor researcher. Large number of poor people are being shafted
Mike Simon is labor researcher. Large number of poor people are being shafted

Mike Simon is labor researcher. Large number of poor people are being shafted

Date8/29/1973
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0133803F
Mike Hutsulak of Carpenters Union is angry because labor's being blamed for inflation.
Mike Hutsulak of Carpenters Union is angry because labor's being blamed for inflation.
11/24/1980
Norman Browne rolls his own cigarettes, it's cheaper. Regardless of his income he lives on $25 a week. This insures that I stay poor and thus safeguards my freedom and independence. Being poor, he says, is fun.
Norman Browne rolls his own cigarettes, it's cheaper. Regardless of his income he lives on $25 a week. This insures that I stay poor and thus safeguards my freedom and independence. Being poor, he says, is fun.
6/6/1969
Protest fizzles: What was expected to be an explosive meeting of the Toronto Board of Education last night fizzled after Trustee George Martell, standing at the mike, told parent and teacher that his proposals for special education are intended to place slow learners - usually from poor or ethnic background - into regular, but smaller classes
Protest fizzles: What was expected to be an explosive meeting of the Toronto Board of Education last night fizzled after Trustee George Martell, standing at the mike, told parent and teacher that his proposals for special education are intended to place slow learners - usually from poor or ethnic background - into regular, but smaller classes
11/15/1979
Sara Simon, a 90-year-old Gwich' in Indian community leader, chats with Judge Rene Dussault, co-chairperson of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal People
Sara Simon, a 90-year-old Gwich' in Indian community leader, chats with Judge Rene Dussault, co-chairperson of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal People
5/12/1992
More versatile: Spartec president Andrew Mills, right, who designed the controller, and vice-president George Eastman say the multi-drive controller can reduce the large number of different models distributors have had to carry
More versatile: Spartec president Andrew Mills, right, who designed the controller, and vice-president George Eastman say the multi-drive controller can reduce the large number of different models distributors have had to carry
3/7/1997
Pension schemer: Unsatisfied with his union's retirement benefits provided by the IAM Labor-Management Fund, Mike Corbett led 300 Mack production workers into a pension plan of their own in late 1975.
Pension schemer: Unsatisfied with his union's retirement benefits provided by the IAM Labor-Management Fund, Mike Corbett led 300 Mack production workers into a pension plan of their own in late 1975.
6/11/1981
Just a bunch of litter to ancient Egyptians 2,000 years ago, scraps of papyrus being checked by University of Toronto Professor Alan Samuel (left) and Donald Macdonald, federal minister of energy, were used to wrap mummies by folk too poor to afford linen
Just a bunch of litter to ancient Egyptians 2,000 years ago, scraps of papyrus being checked by University of Toronto Professor Alan Samuel (left) and Donald Macdonald, federal minister of energy, were used to wrap mummies by folk too poor to afford linen
3/6/1972
Putting people first: The gas company, plagued with a poor image, has launched an ambitious program to improve both customer and employee relations, says president Bob Martin
Putting people first: The gas company, plagued with a poor image, has launched an ambitious program to improve both customer and employee relations, says president Bob Martin
7/30/1985
Sight for sore eyes: Harold Bayham, a 57-year-old Torontonian, has collected almost 14,000 pairs of cast-off eyeglasses, which he takes to give away to the poor people of the Dominican Republic. He started his project with a single magazine advertisement.
Sight for sore eyes: Harold Bayham, a 57-year-old Torontonian, has collected almost 14,000 pairs of cast-off eyeglasses, which he takes to give away to the poor people of the Dominican Republic. He started his project with a single magazine advertisement.
2/28/1977
By Lynn Moore Toronto Star. Shean Campbell, a man with a checkered past, is a vibrant link in a chain providing food to the working poor and disadvantaged. Campbell, 55, has been operating a food bank out of his family's Brampton apartment for more than a year, providing a conduit for mountains of donated food. Three weeknights and on Saturdays, his three-bedroom apartment is crammed with people and food. [Incomplete]
By Lynn Moore Toronto Star. Shean Campbell, a man with a checkered past, is a vibrant link in a chain providing food to the working poor and disadvantaged. Campbell, 55, has been operating a food bank out of his family's Brampton apartment for more than a year, providing a conduit for mountains of donated food. Three weeknights and on Saturdays, his three-bedroom apartment is crammed with people and food. [Incomplete]
12/10/1987
Dr. Coates: Researcher studies spread of Aids in Torotno's gay community.
Dr. Coates: Researcher studies spread of Aids in Torotno's gay community.
1/5/1987
Fighting spirit: Peter McMurdo, who became a quadriplegic after a motorcycle accident, plans to return to work as sales and market researcher for a heavy equipment firm
Fighting spirit: Peter McMurdo, who became a quadriplegic after a motorcycle accident, plans to return to work as sales and market researcher for a heavy equipment firm
3/1/1982