Mail must move

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Mail must move

Date8/23/1988

Names

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Vinnick, Jeff (photographer)

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Picture

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Original Toronto Star caption: Mail must move: Constables Stu Campbell and Heather Andrews tell Canada Post manager Peter Stripp (left) to keep the mail trucks moving at Gateway. Union member Ray Petronis smiles at the confusion as Canada's third postal strike in 13 months begins.

Subject

Strikes and lockouts

Medium

Photographs

Language

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)

Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0017320F

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