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Empty Pockets: Hydro apprentice Bonnie Urry, on picket duty yesterday, says there's next to nothing of her pay left after she covers basic house and living costs
Empty Pockets: Hydro apprentice Bonnie Urry, on picket duty yesterday, says there's next to nothing of her pay left after she covers basic house and living costs

Empty Pockets: Hydro apprentice Bonnie Urry, on picket duty yesterday, says there's next to nothing of her pay left after she covers basic house and living costs

Date2/16/1989
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Original Toronto Star caption: Empty Pockets: Hydro apprentice Bonnie Urry; on picket duty yesterday; says there's next to nothing of her pay left after she covers basic house and living costs.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0016667F
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