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Man the barricades
Man the barricades

Man the barricades

Date6/16/1987
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Original Toronto Star caption: Man the barricades: Letter carriers in Montreal put up barriers and held picket signs as rotating strikes began yesterday. But despite their efforts; frustrated pickets watched as trucks carrying mail were escorted past them into postal stations by police.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0017275F
Shouting and placard-waving parents and pupils were held back momentarily by barricades at the Legislature today before breaking through into hallways(...)
Shouting and placard-waving parents and pupils were held back momentarily by barricades at the Legislature today before breaking through into hallways(...)
10/14/1987
Owner of a private car, after presenting proper identification, was assisted out of the thickest of the barricade in front of the Ford plant's main gate by good-natured pickets
Owner of a private car, after presenting proper identification, was assisted out of the thickest of the barricade in front of the Ford plant's main gate by good-natured pickets
11/8/1945
In Windsor, union barricade causes traffic jam like this
In Windsor, union barricade causes traffic jam like this
11/5/1945
Man in coast, is being rushed out by a shirt-sleeved worker while a third man tries to stop him during the melee in Leaside. Disorder broke out when A.F. of L. Workers tried to pass C.I.O. pickets
Man in coast, is being rushed out by a shirt-sleeved worker while a third man tries to stop him during the melee in Leaside. Disorder broke out when A.F. of L. Workers tried to pass C.I.O. pickets
5/3/1948
Cleaning man is a lonely figures in air Canada's Departure area at Malton, because of strike
Cleaning man is a lonely figures in air Canada's Departure area at Malton, because of strike
1/19/1972
Michael, Jackson, Arrested Man, Seen Talking To Seamen Near Welland Canal
Michael, Jackson, Arrested Man, Seen Talking To Seamen Near Welland Canal
4/24/1948
Protesting legislation ordering him back to work, this TTC man shakes his finger angrily in front of legislature yesterday. Next to him is a dummy of (...)
Protesting legislation ordering him back to work, this TTC man shakes his finger angrily in front of legislature yesterday. Next to him is a dummy of (...)
8/31/1974
Outside the main gate at Douglas Aircraft, Mississauga police restrain a man trying to break through their lines this morning at the plant, where 4,00(...)
Outside the main gate at Douglas Aircraft, Mississauga police restrain a man trying to break through their lines this morning at the plant, where 4,00(...)
12/3/1971
Etobicoke workers hit the bricks, Outside workers in Etobicoke man a picket line at the city's Bering Ave
Etobicoke workers hit the bricks, Outside workers in Etobicoke man a picket line at the city's Bering Ave
7/25/1984
Piled-up freight dwarfs lone man at CN Toronto depot, Businessmen are using all types of vehicles to get goods to trains
Piled-up freight dwarfs lone man at CN Toronto depot, Businessmen are using all types of vehicles to get goods to trains
4/22/1966
Picket Duty: For the second day, striking postal workers block the entrances and exits yesterday at a Scarborough depot at Midland Ave
Picket Duty: For the second day, striking postal workers block the entrances and exits yesterday at a Scarborough depot at Midland Ave
9/4/1991
Hospital workers' strike
Hospital workers' strike
1973