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Job hunting: 'The new ones are the most depressing because they're people who worked steadily for 10 or 12 years and suddenly they've been laid off,' says welfare worker Rochelle Winnick
Job hunting: 'The new ones are the most depressing because they're people who worked steadily for 10 or 12 years and suddenly they've been laid off,' says welfare worker Rochelle Winnick

Job hunting: 'The new ones are the most depressing because they're people who worked steadily for 10 or 12 years and suddenly they've been laid off,' says welfare worker Rochelle Winnick

Date5/1/1970
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Original Toronto Star caption: Job hunting: 'The new ones are the most depressing because they're people who worked steadily for 10 or 12 years and suddenly they've been laid off;' says welfare worker Rochelle Winnick
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0018376F
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