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Shouts of jubilation - sure to be echoed by most of Metro's mail-less residents - fill te CNE's Coliseum (top) as Toronto postmen learn their vote tod(...)
Shouts of jubilation - sure to be echoed by most of Metro's mail-less residents - fill te CNE's Coliseum (top) as Toronto postmen learn their vote tod(...)

Shouts of jubilation - sure to be echoed by most of Metro's mail-less residents - fill te CNE's Coliseum (top) as Toronto postmen learn their vote tod(...)

Date7/29/1965
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Original Toronto Star caption: Shouts of jubilation - sure to be echoed by most of Metro's mail-less residents - fill te CNE's Coliseum (top) as Toronto postmen learn their vote today has gone 1;857 to 347 in favor of returning to work tomorrow. Below; some of the workers file past the ballot box to register their views. Today's vote means Toronto-area workers will resume work for 14 days; then look over a report from Judge J. C. Anderson. If received unfavorably; another strike may result.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0017251F
Striking postmen vote at Coliseum on whether or not to return to jobs, Outside they carried signs protesting Judge J
Striking postmen vote at Coliseum on whether or not to return to jobs, Outside they carried signs protesting Judge J
7/29/1965
Union Station, austere symbol of the great railway systems built up in another era, will stand locked and empty while the strike lasts. The shouts, th(...)
Union Station, austere symbol of the great railway systems built up in another era, will stand locked and empty while the strike lasts. The shouts, th(...)
8/25/1966
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Moving a mountain of mail started today as Toronto's 1,400 postmen and 2,200 sorters came back to work after a six-day walkout. Toronto Post Office is(...)
7/30/1965
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The backlog of mail that piled up last week and yesterday when Toronto postmen refused to work overtime on the weekend, began moving today as the men (...)
5/19/1970
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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Postmen struck the government
Postmen struck the government
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In wildcat walkout in which about 300 Metro postmen left their jobs today to join a wave of similar walkouts in other Ontario areas, letter carriers p(...)
11/15/1971
Metro's outside workers vote on settlement reached during weekend talks, Members of CUPE cast ballots at Queen Elizabeth Building today, will know results after Toronto workers vote
Metro's outside workers vote on settlement reached during weekend talks, Members of CUPE cast ballots at Queen Elizabeth Building today, will know results after Toronto workers vote
11/7/1966
Island residents come ashore on the mainland from $1 a ride water taxi while regular ferry service is cut off by today's strike of Local 43, CUPE
Island residents come ashore on the mainland from $1 a ride water taxi while regular ferry service is cut off by today's strike of Local 43, CUPE
4/10/1972
Residents of Riverdale, the area south of the Danforth on both sides of the Don River, dump their garbage in Nathan Phillips Square in a move to press(...)
Residents of Riverdale, the area south of the Danforth on both sides of the Don River, dump their garbage in Nathan Phillips Square in a move to press(...)
5/7/1972
Something smells. Frustrated North York residents, unable to deliver their rotting garbage to the Ingram Dr. incinerator after it closed for the weeke(...)
Something smells. Frustrated North York residents, unable to deliver their rotting garbage to the Ingram Dr. incinerator after it closed for the weeke(...)
7/16/1979
Disgusting, isn't it?, A block-long emergency garbage dump set up during the York borough strike has brought complaints from local residents. One fami(...)
Disgusting, isn't it?, A block-long emergency garbage dump set up during the York borough strike has brought complaints from local residents. One fami(...)
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