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Seven Seamen Accused of desertion under Canada Shipping Act, when they walked off four ships at the Kingston elevators when the Seamen's Union called (...)
Seven Seamen Accused of desertion under Canada Shipping Act, when they walked off four ships at the Kingston elevators when the Seamen's Union called (...)

Seven Seamen Accused of desertion under Canada Shipping Act, when they walked off four ships at the Kingston elevators when the Seamen's Union called (...)

Date5/28/1946
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Original Toronto Star caption: Seven Seamen Accused of desertion under Canada Shipping Act; when they walked off four ships at the Kingston elevators when the Seamen's Union called its strike are; left to right: Antoine Morinville; 17: Marcel Beaucage; 27; Jean Paul Brunet. 17; Gaston Hetu; 18; Jacques Landry; 24; Rodney Hulme; 18; Gerald Wilkinson; 16
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0017414F
Shipping Strike on the Great Lakes has tied up 40 ships and 1,120 seamen have walked out, according to estimates by the National Maritime Union. Here,(...)
Shipping Strike on the Great Lakes has tied up 40 ships and 1,120 seamen have walked out, according to estimates by the National Maritime Union. Here,(...)
8/16/1946
Bail of $250 was asked by counsel for the 38 members of the Canadian Seamen's Union and a free lance photographer charged following a fracas aboard a (...)
Bail of $250 was asked by counsel for the 38 members of the Canadian Seamen's Union and a free lance photographer charged following a fracas aboard a (...)
5/1/1948
Abandon ship call came this afternoon when the Seafarers International Union seamen went on strike in their bid for a 40-hour week. These crewmen walk(...)
Abandon ship call came this afternoon when the Seafarers International Union seamen went on strike in their bid for a 40-hour week. These crewmen walk(...)
8/17/1967
Released from the Welland County jail after being arrested in connection the shipping strike, these seamen are back at Thorold where the C.S.L. liner (...)
Released from the Welland County jail after being arrested in connection the shipping strike, these seamen are back at Thorold where the C.S.L. liner (...)
5/29/1946
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
Victory Parade in which striking seamen wore newly arrived gas masks and carried signs was held through Cornwall streets after announcement that agree(...)
Victory Parade in which striking seamen wore newly arrived gas masks and carried signs was held through Cornwall streets after announcement that agree(...)
6/18/1948
Canadian seamen have had an especially turbulent time
Canadian seamen have had an especially turbulent time
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Great Lakes Navigation, peaceful since last summer's strike, threatens to become stormy again with barring of some union representatives from ships. S(...)
Great Lakes Navigation, peaceful since last summer's strike, threatens to become stormy again with barring of some union representatives from ships. S(...)
7/5/1947
Today at 8 a.m., members of the electrical workers union picked up their toolboxes (right) and walked off the job, paving the way for a complete shut-(...)
Today at 8 a.m., members of the electrical workers union picked up their toolboxes (right) and walked off the job, paving the way for a complete shut-(...)
5/1/1969
They're out: Civic workers in York borough, members of two locals of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, walked off the job today in a strike over fringe benefits
They're out: Civic workers in York borough, members of two locals of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, walked off the job today in a strike over fringe benefits
10/14/1981
Escalators at the Four Seasons-Sheraton Hotel are unfinished as a result of the elevator strike
Escalators at the Four Seasons-Sheraton Hotel are unfinished as a result of the elevator strike
2/15/1973
Striker Ken Ralph. He walked off his $250-a-week job
Striker Ken Ralph. He walked off his $250-a-week job
1/16/1972