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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(...)

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(...)

Date6/12/1974
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Original Toronto Star caption: Circling Queen's Park; 135 large dump trucks seal off the Legislature building for more than three hours today as the Ontario Haulers Association sought provincial help in its fight with quarry and gravel pit operators in southern Ontario. The president o
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0012408F
On strike to gain recognition of their newly formed Ontario Hauler Association, 20 gravel haulers park their trucks next to the stouffville Auction Ba(...)
On strike to gain recognition of their newly formed Ontario Hauler Association, 20 gravel haulers park their trucks next to the stouffville Auction Ba(...)
6/6/1974
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
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(...)
1/31/1975
Street protest: ratepayers' Association members picket yesterday in front of Candy's, an after-hours bar in the Thistletown plaza
Street protest: ratepayers' Association members picket yesterday in front of Candy's, an after-hours bar in the Thistletown plaza
11/9/1991
Up in arms: Dump truck drivers protesting unpaid wages yesterday block an Etobicoke site from which they hauled excavated material
Up in arms: Dump truck drivers protesting unpaid wages yesterday block an Etobicoke site from which they hauled excavated material
5/12/1992
Deadly deal: The back of a pickup truck serves as a grave site in last night's convoy protesting a new dump in King and Vaughn townships
Deadly deal: The back of a pickup truck serves as a grave site in last night's convoy protesting a new dump in King and Vaughn townships
7/24/1992
Fifteen tractors manned by angry farmers block entrance at Caledon landfill site to trucks carrying contaminated soil from Mississauga derailment site yesterday
Fifteen tractors manned by angry farmers block entrance at Caledon landfill site to trucks carrying contaminated soil from Mississauga derailment site yesterday
11/27/1979
Unionists Picket Queen's Park, We want Robarts, 180 unionists chanted today as they paraded in front of the Legislature protesting tax increases and higher hospital insurance premiums
Unionists Picket Queen's Park, We want Robarts, 180 unionists chanted today as they paraded in front of the Legislature protesting tax increases and higher hospital insurance premiums
3/28/1968
Up in arms: Halton Hills residents descended on Queen's Park yesterday with an effigy of Environment Minister James Bradley to protest a proposal to use an Action-area quarry as a garbage dump
Up in arms: Halton Hills residents descended on Queen's Park yesterday with an effigy of Environment Minister James Bradley to protest a proposal to use an Action-area quarry as a garbage dump
11/9/1988
Teachers and parents crowded a meeting of the Toronto Board of Education last week protesting the planned firing of 135 teachers. Seated, in front, ar(...)
Teachers and parents crowded a meeting of the Toronto Board of Education last week protesting the planned firing of 135 teachers. Seated, in front, ar(...)
4/19/1978
Help back: Gravel truck drivers are stopped by OPP officers yesterday as they try to break into the Legislature to protest everything from high diesel fuel taxes to a new law licensing brokers
Help back: Gravel truck drivers are stopped by OPP officers yesterday as they try to break into the Legislature to protest everything from high diesel fuel taxes to a new law licensing brokers
3/10/1992
Junior Protesters Want Cars To Slow Down, Waving signs and yelling at motorists to slow down, a group of 15 girls stood for more than an hour on the s(...)
Junior Protesters Want Cars To Slow Down, Waving signs and yelling at motorists to slow down, a group of 15 girls stood for more than an hour on the s(...)
9/7/1973