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Mail walkout begins as pickets today took up positions around Postal Terminal A in Toronto, and 34 other postal buildings in the city. Sam Chuck (righ(...)
Mail walkout begins as pickets today took up positions around Postal Terminal A in Toronto, and 34 other postal buildings in the city. Sam Chuck (righ(...)

Mail walkout begins as pickets today took up positions around Postal Terminal A in Toronto, and 34 other postal buildings in the city. Sam Chuck (righ(...)

Date7/18/1968
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Original Toronto Star caption: Mail walkout begins as pickets today took up positions around Postal Terminal A in Toronto; and 34 other postal buildings in the city. Sam Chuck (right); assistant picket captain; gives instructions to picketers Ralph McKinnon (left) and union officer Jimmy Brown after the striking letter carriers took to the streets.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0017182F
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