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By Rosemary Speirs Toronto Star, Ottawa - The next few days will answer the key question in the postal strike
By Rosemary Speirs Toronto Star, Ottawa - The next few days will answer the key question in the postal strike

By Rosemary Speirs Toronto Star, Ottawa - The next few days will answer the key question in the postal strike

Date10/22/1978
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Original Toronto Star caption: By Rosemary Speirs Toronto Star; Ottawa - The next few days will answer the key question in the postal strike: Is the nationwide shutdown the work of a militant left-wing leadership which will soon be left isolated and exposed? Or; are the 23;000 rank-and-file members genuinely angry and ready to stand behind their leaders?
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0017231F
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2,000,000 a day for mail mountain, As Toronto's first postal strike in 41 years enters its second day, undelivered mail is piling up at post offices a(...)
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Strike, Members of the Toronto local of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers voted narrowly to extend their strike to all Metro postal stations. Paul (...)
Strike, Members of the Toronto local of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers voted narrowly to extend their strike to all Metro postal stations. Paul (...)
12/10/1977
Postal strike: The Trudeau cabinet is using the dispute to show Canadians that the government is serious in its fight against inflation, says Star labor reporter John Deverell
Postal strike: The Trudeau cabinet is using the dispute to show Canadians that the government is serious in its fight against inflation, says Star labor reporter John Deverell
7/2/1981
No more strikes by postal workers, such as the 22-day one (above) which ended in August, or by other public employees, should be allowed, Royal Commis(...)
No more strikes by postal workers, such as the 22-day one (above) which ended in August, or by other public employees, should be allowed, Royal Commis(...)
7/18/1968
Voting on whether to end the 23-day transit strike, George Key casts a ballot in Toronto Transit Commission Russell yards at Queen St. near Coxwell Av(...)
Voting on whether to end the 23-day transit strike, George Key casts a ballot in Toronto Transit Commission Russell yards at Queen St. near Coxwell Av(...)
9/3/1974
Stephen Lewis, leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party, will try this weekend to knit party together behind him, says Star writer Rosemary Speirs
Stephen Lewis, leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party, will try this weekend to knit party together behind him, says Star writer Rosemary Speirs
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Two of Canada's most knowledgeable reporters, Margaret Weiers (left) and Rosemary Speirs, of The Star, who covered the Royal Commission on the Status (...)
Two of Canada's most knowledgeable reporters, Margaret Weiers (left) and Rosemary Speirs, of The Star, who covered the Royal Commission on the Status (...)
2/6/1970
Postal Workers Vote On Strike, The decisive ballots in the vote on whether there will be a nation-wide postal strike are being cast today and tomorrow(...)
Postal Workers Vote On Strike, The decisive ballots in the vote on whether there will be a nation-wide postal strike are being cast today and tomorrow(...)
10/15/1975
Gearing Up: Andre Kolomper, Toronto local president with the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, stacks signs last night as strike deadline approached
Gearing Up: Andre Kolomper, Toronto local president with the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, stacks signs last night as strike deadline approached
8/22/1991
In a personal protest against mail the strike, 71-year-old pensioner pickets postal workers outside Toronto Post Office's Terminal One at Bay and Fron(...)
In a personal protest against mail the strike, 71-year-old pensioner pickets postal workers outside Toronto Post Office's Terminal One at Bay and Fron(...)
11/19/1975
Historic strike: In 1965, postal workers stunned the nation with a wildcat walkout that eventually won them the right to strike
Historic strike: In 1965, postal workers stunned the nation with a wildcat walkout that eventually won them the right to strike
7/27/1965
Votes counted at Royal York hotel to decide if inside postal workers would strike, The ballot count was 906 in favor of a strike and 286 opposed. Metro mail is tied up completely
Votes counted at Royal York hotel to decide if inside postal workers would strike, The ballot count was 906 in favor of a strike and 286 opposed. Metro mail is tied up completely
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