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It's a strike!
It's a strike!

It's a strike!

Date8/1/1981
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Original Toronto Star caption: It's a strike!: Employees of Stelco in Hamilton gathered at the main gate to the plant burst into cheers as they hear their United Steelworkers local voted 86 per cent in favor of striking. Within hours; some or them were walking the picket lines. Taylor made on the T-shirts some wear praises Cec Taylor; president of local 1005 of the Steelworkers.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0016176F
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After its last run, one of the TTC's 1,235 diesel buses is parked in company garage for duration of transit strike
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There's time for cards at rodmen's union hall at Bloor and Dundas as their strike drags on past its 10th week
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Its tough about the beer, brewery worker Ken St
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Toronto western hospital strikers walk picket line today outside the institution just before its executive director Boyd McAulay announced that dismis(...)
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7/27/1972
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