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So long, picket signs
So long, picket signs

So long, picket signs

Date3/21/1989
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Original Toronto Star caption: So long; picket signs: Mark Clark; a Toronto Hydro electrician; ripe up a placard at a downtown union hall in response to the wage increase his union accepted yesterday. Workers are back on the job today.
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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_0016662F
Pickets carried signs and placards, listened to speeches in park at the canal
Pickets carried signs and placards, listened to speeches in park at the canal
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Striking workers follow a picket-sign-carrying marcher as they leave the parking lot at the Malton plant of Douglas Aircraft today. The 4,500 Douglas (...)
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