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Inside postal workers in Ottawa raise their arms in a salute to union solidarity
Inside postal workers in Ottawa raise their arms in a salute to union solidarity

Inside postal workers in Ottawa raise their arms in a salute to union solidarity

Date10/25/1978
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Original Toronto Star caption: Inside postal workers in Ottawa raise their arms in a salute to union solidarity
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0017238F
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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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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 (...)
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Show of solidarity: Striking workers at the University of Toronto march to Queen's Park from simcoe Hall, then back to the campus where they paraded through the Robarts Library yesterday
3/12/1991
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Gateway clash: Police officers surround and drag off a picket after a clash with Canadian Union of Postal Workers members at the Gateway sorting station in Mississauga
10/13/1987
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
Checking off the names of postal workers manning the picket line outside the main post office building in Toronto today, union shop steward Clark Robi(...)
Checking off the names of postal workers manning the picket line outside the main post office building in Toronto today, union shop steward Clark Robi(...)
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Overflowing the Concert Hall in the Royal York Hotel, sorters and other members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers yesterday resoundingly voted a(...)
Overflowing the Concert Hall in the Royal York Hotel, sorters and other members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers yesterday resoundingly voted a(...)
2/27/1975
Metro postal workers leave meeting after union leader Parrot's hard-line speech
Metro postal workers leave meeting after union leader Parrot's hard-line speech
10/15/1978
Angry postal workers shove reporters as they leave union meeting after learning strike's over
Angry postal workers shove reporters as they leave union meeting after learning strike's over
10/25/1978