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Hitting the bricks for a pay increase of 40 cents an hour over the next two years are these Metro outside workers
Hitting the bricks for a pay increase of 40 cents an hour over the next two years are these Metro outside workers

Hitting the bricks for a pay increase of 40 cents an hour over the next two years are these Metro outside workers

Date11/3/1966
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Original Toronto Star caption: Hitting the bricks for a pay increase of 40 cents an hour over the next two years are these Metro outside workers. Here Doug Passmore; a picket captain and candidate for president of Local 43 in next Tuesday's election; hands signs to John Boyd (left); a blacksmith; and Jim MacDonald; a storekeeper at the Eastern division years. The union turned down a Metro offer of 35 cents spread over two years.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0016861F
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On the bricks
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11/7/1966
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