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In Windsor, union barricade causes traffic jam like this
In Windsor, union barricade causes traffic jam like this

In Windsor, union barricade causes traffic jam like this

Date11/5/1945
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Original Toronto Star caption: In windsor; union barricade causes traffic jam like this.
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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_0016204F
Hours of idling in the miles of traffic jams generated by Metro's transit strike inevitably bring a few stalled engines
Hours of idling in the miles of traffic jams generated by Metro's transit strike inevitably bring a few stalled engines
9/12/1978
Shouting and placard-waving parents and pupils were held back momentarily by barricades at the Legislature today before breaking through into hallways(...)
Shouting and placard-waving parents and pupils were held back momentarily by barricades at the Legislature today before breaking through into hallways(...)
10/14/1987
Owner of a private car, after presenting proper identification, was assisted out of the thickest of the barricade in front of the Ford plant's main gate by good-natured pickets
Owner of a private car, after presenting proper identification, was assisted out of the thickest of the barricade in front of the Ford plant's main gate by good-natured pickets
11/8/1945
Man the barricades
Man the barricades
6/16/1987
These pickets at Windsor made mild protest when fellow-strikers first started to move the tangled mass of vehicles blockading this street but the union order prevailed
These pickets at Windsor made mild protest when fellow-strikers first started to move the tangled mass of vehicles blockading this street but the union order prevailed
11/7/1945
Monumental jam-ups - in case any downtown driver missed one - were the order of the day as an unprepared Metro faced the first day of the transit stri(...)
Monumental jam-ups - in case any downtown driver missed one - were the order of the day as an unprepared Metro faced the first day of the transit stri(...)
9/11/1978
Mail strike jams bus express office, Long line-ups developed yesterday at the Colonial Coach-Gray Coach parcel station as people sent out envelopes an(...)
Mail strike jams bus express office, Long line-ups developed yesterday at the Colonial Coach-Gray Coach parcel station as people sent out envelopes an(...)
10/22/1975
Union station still has Tomb-like stillness about it as most strikers stay on the streets
Union station still has Tomb-like stillness about it as most strikers stay on the streets
9/2/1966
Fewer strikes? The Canadian Labor Relations Board ordered merger in the hope that a mega-union would make Canada Post less vulnerable to strikes like (...)
Fewer strikes? The Canadian Labor Relations Board ordered merger in the hope that a mega-union would make Canada Post less vulnerable to strikes like (...)
10/8/1987
April 21, 1948, saw this boarding party clumbing to the deck of packet freighter Superior at Windsor
April 21, 1948, saw this boarding party clumbing to the deck of packet freighter Superior at Windsor
7/15/1948
Picketing on stilts is something new for Chrysler workers on strike at Windsor, Ont
Picketing on stilts is something new for Chrysler workers on strike at Windsor, Ont
7/11/1946
Tiny picketer at the Ford plant in Windsor is Ernie Torau, thre whose father is a striker
Tiny picketer at the Ford plant in Windsor is Ernie Torau, thre whose father is a striker
11/7/1945