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Too many licenses, Truckers say, Their boxes up, dump trucks surround Queen's Park today as about 150 drivers picketed to protest recent regulations t(...)
Too many licenses, Truckers say, Their boxes up, dump trucks surround Queen's Park today as about 150 drivers picketed to protest recent regulations t(...)

Too many licenses, Truckers say, Their boxes up, dump trucks surround Queen's Park today as about 150 drivers picketed to protest recent regulations t(...)

Date1/31/1975
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Original Toronto Star caption: Too many licenses; Truckers say; Their boxes up; dump trucks surround Queen's Park today as about 150 drivers picketed to protest recent regulations they say have put too many truckers in the business and thus cut wages.
GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto
GeographyProvince stateOntario
GeographyCountryCanada
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Object NumberTSPA_0011740F
Truckers' group boycott Milton quarries, Truck drivers in the newly organized Ontario Haulers Association meet yesterday in a field near Milton with their president, Angelo Natale, at right
Truckers' group boycott Milton quarries, Truck drivers in the newly organized Ontario Haulers Association meet yesterday in a field near Milton with their president, Angelo Natale, at right
2/27/1974
Hell highway: Truckers protesting high taxes join in a mass to plug up Highway 401 near Ajax yesterday, adding hours to the trip home for commuters
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5/16/1991
Some Trip! Public school students on an excursion walk to another bus yesterday after theirs was stuck for four hours by the truckers' protest. The students were returned to their school
Some Trip! Public school students on an excursion walk to another bus yesterday after theirs was stuck for four hours by the truckers' protest. The students were returned to their school
5/16/1991
Signs of frustration: Metro motorists drive on the shoulders of the highways as protesting truck drivers slowed traffic yesterday, the second day in a row truckers used their rigs to tie up roads
Signs of frustration: Metro motorists drive on the shoulders of the highways as protesting truck drivers slowed traffic yesterday, the second day in a row truckers used their rigs to tie up roads
5/16/1991
Taking advantage: Two sunbathers make the best of a no-way-out situation yesterday on Highway 401 as truckers refuse to budge
Taking advantage: Two sunbathers make the best of a no-way-out situation yesterday on Highway 401 as truckers refuse to budge
5/15/1991
150 Demonstrators quietly picketed the U
150 Demonstrators quietly picketed the U
5/2/1965
Circling Queen's Park, 135 large dump trucks seal off the Legislature building for more than three hours today as the Ontario Haulers Association soug(...)
Circling Queen's Park, 135 large dump trucks seal off the Legislature building for more than three hours today as the Ontario Haulers Association soug(...)
6/12/1974
ROM protest: A museum worker costumed to represent a dinosaur joined about 100 union members who picketed the Royal Ontario Museum yesterday to protest lagging contract negotiations
ROM protest: A museum worker costumed to represent a dinosaur joined about 100 union members who picketed the Royal Ontario Museum yesterday to protest lagging contract negotiations
9/10/1985
Speaking out: Last month, a group of Roman Catholic women picketed the Toronto archdiocese, claiming the church is promoting sexism
Speaking out: Last month, a group of Roman Catholic women picketed the Toronto archdiocese, claiming the church is promoting sexism
1/1/1991
Seeking equal pay raises won by general hospital nurses last week, about three dozen psychiatric nurses employed by the Ontario government picketed Qu(...)
Seeking equal pay raises won by general hospital nurses last week, about three dozen psychiatric nurses employed by the Ontario government picketed Qu(...)
7/22/1974
Pickets: About 100 members of the carpenters and joiners union picketed Durham council in Whitby last week to demand work on water plant construction
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11/8/1990
Picketing sparks repair order, Safety inspectors today ordered contractors to repair unsafe conditions on Leaside bridge on Millwood Rd. after 125 members of Laborers Union picketed project today
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