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Workers picketing Toronto Western Hospital are evidence of hospital staffs' new militancy in their fight to increase wage levels that are among the lowest in any industry in Canada
Workers picketing Toronto Western Hospital are evidence of hospital staffs' new militancy in their fight to increase wage levels that are among the lowest in any industry in Canada

Workers picketing Toronto Western Hospital are evidence of hospital staffs' new militancy in their fight to increase wage levels that are among the lowest in any industry in Canada

Date7/12/1972
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Original Toronto Star caption: Workers picketing Toronto Western Hospital are evidence of hospital staffs' new militancy in their fight to increase wage levels that are among the lowest in any industry in Canada.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0016916F
Medical staff at Toronto Western Hospital are doing the cleaning because kitchen workers, cleaners and maintenance men have been on strike for a week.(...)
Medical staff at Toronto Western Hospital are doing the cleaning because kitchen workers, cleaners and maintenance men have been on strike for a week.(...)
7/18/1972
Striking workers of Toronto Western Hospital sit outside the Supreme Court of Canada on Queen St
Striking workers of Toronto Western Hospital sit outside the Supreme Court of Canada on Queen St
7/13/1972
Hospital workers struck Toronto Western Hospital in 1972 to protest poor pay and bad working conditions
Hospital workers struck Toronto Western Hospital in 1972 to protest poor pay and bad working conditions
7/25/1972
Hospital workers parade around Toronto Western Hospital today after a march on Queen's Park was postponed
Hospital workers parade around Toronto Western Hospital today after a march on Queen's Park was postponed
7/25/1972
Camping out on lawns in front of Queen's Park, about 200 striking workers from Toronto Western Hospital put up tents and settled down to lunch today, (...)
Camping out on lawns in front of Queen's Park, about 200 striking workers from Toronto Western Hospital put up tents and settled down to lunch today, (...)
8/8/1972
Striking workers from Toronto Western Hospital protest at Queen's Park today, vowing to camp on the lawn of the Legislature until they get their jobs (...)
Striking workers from Toronto Western Hospital protest at Queen's Park today, vowing to camp on the lawn of the Legislature until they get their jobs (...)
8/8/1972
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
Striking civic workers parade past The Archer in Nathan Phillips Square in picketing City hall today, the 17th day of their strike. The 200 pickets in(...)
Striking civic workers parade past The Archer in Nathan Phillips Square in picketing City hall today, the 17th day of their strike. The 200 pickets in(...)
4/26/1972
Some of 400 Metro library workers who are picketing to support their strike hold a costume party of sorts on the picket line at the central library
Some of 400 Metro library workers who are picketing to support their strike hold a costume party of sorts on the picket line at the central library
11 October 1984
One of about 450 striking hydro and water workers in Scarborough cools off her feet while picketing the utilities headquarters. The strikers, who have(...)
One of about 450 striking hydro and water workers in Scarborough cools off her feet while picketing the utilities headquarters. The strikers, who have(...)
7/24/1989
Signs of worrying times: Picketing postal workers and a roadside omen
Signs of worrying times: Picketing postal workers and a roadside omen
10/25/1978
Angrily rejecting an ultimatum by Acme Screw and Gear that it would close its two plants if workers didn't accept a wage freeze, more than 800 employe(...)
Angrily rejecting an ultimatum by Acme Screw and Gear that it would close its two plants if workers didn't accept a wage freeze, more than 800 employe(...)
1/20/1971