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Garbage just loaded was dumped on Sumach St
Garbage just loaded was dumped on Sumach St

Garbage just loaded was dumped on Sumach St

Date4/12/1972
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Original Toronto Star caption: Garbage just loaded was dumped on Sumach St. yesterday when men manning the truck refused to go through a picket line; The men backed the truck up about 200 feet and dumped the garbage as a woman yelled It should be dumped at City Hall. These men; members of CUPE Local 767; which is not on strike; and members of Local 43; which is; helped pile the garbage into a neat mound.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0016869F
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