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Where? Where? Where? Laborers wait at 5 a

Where? Where? Where? Laborers wait at 5 a

Date12/12/1990
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Original Toronto Star caption: Where? Where? Where? Laborers wait at 5 a.m in the Unistaff office for temporary work. The job pickings are getting slimmer as Christmas nears.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Object NumberTSPA_0018420F
Looking for jobs: Laborers' International Union members lined up for work last summer, a scene becoming more and more common in Metro
Looking for jobs: Laborers' International Union members lined up for work last summer, a scene becoming more and more common in Metro
Stawicki, Andrew
7/3/1991
Counsellors to the unemployed, Keith Oleksink and Barbara Linds discuss a problem outside the Unemployment Help Centre where they work. The centre hel(...)
Counsellors to the unemployed, Keith Oleksink and Barbara Linds discuss a problem outside the Unemployment Help Centre where they work. The centre hel(...)
Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
3/29/1978
Workmen busy on construction of shacks in one of the camps along North Bay-Mattawa section of trans-Canada highway, to where some of Toronto jobless have gone
Workmen busy on construction of shacks in one of the camps along North Bay-Mattawa section of trans-Canada highway, to where some of Toronto jobless have gone
Toronto Star (Firm)
10/2/1931
The Jobless line up for Unemployment Insurance cheques today in Moss Park Armory, one of two places where the cheques are being distributed while mail(...)
The Jobless line up for Unemployment Insurance cheques today in Moss Park Armory, one of two places where the cheques are being distributed while mail(...)
Barkley, Harold
4/22/1974
Where now?, Employees leave the St
Where now?, Employees leave the St
Power, Peter
2/24/1992
Wet wait: Raincoats, umbrellas and hoods offered some refuge from the heavy rains that made waiting in line a dreary experience for AMC job applicants at Wonderland yesterday
Wet wait: Raincoats, umbrellas and hoods offered some refuge from the heavy rains that made waiting in line a dreary experience for AMC job applicants at Wonderland yesterday
Faught, Ken
9/29/1986
Long wait for funds, Some of the 4,000 people waiting for their family benefit cheques stand in line yesterday outside a government office on Parliame(...)
Long wait for funds, Some of the 4,000 people waiting for their family benefit cheques stand in line yesterday outside a government office on Parliame(...)
Brazao, Dale
8/29/1988
Nortel worker, Pam Gimpel
Nortel worker, Pam Gimpel
Power, Peter
6/13/1995
Nicole Lebarge of Port Hope, rear centre, and Michele Roemer of Cobourg, in blue blanket, lined up for GM application at 3:30 a.m. yesterday
Nicole Lebarge of Port Hope, rear centre, and Michele Roemer of Cobourg, in blue blanket, lined up for GM application at 3:30 a.m. yesterday
Toronto Star (Firm)
1/9/1995
Then and now
Then and now
Toronto Star (Firm)
12/28/1990
A long way to go - Orders that the march of 2,000 British Columbia relief camp strikers halt their march on Ottawa at Regina are being ignored as the marchers make preparations to leave Regina
A long way to go - Orders that the march of 2,000 British Columbia relief camp strikers halt their march on Ottawa at Regina are being ignored as the marchers make preparations to leave Regina
Toronto Star (Firm)
7/17/1935
Under fire: Employment Minister Barbara McDougall faces grilling from opposition MPs today over a bill critics fear will be devastating to Canada's poor
Under fire: Employment Minister Barbara McDougall faces grilling from opposition MPs today over a bill critics fear will be devastating to Canada's poor
Bull, Ron
2/3/1983