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Big steel

Big steel

Date2/6/1986
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Original Toronto Star caption: Big steel: Overtime is becoming a key issue at Stelco plant, above, in Hamilton, as the United Steelworkers worry that while layoffs increase so does overtime. It's a problem many other unions are worried about, and provincial labor minister William Wrye, right, has a task force looking into it.
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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_0090211F
Lasco's millionth ton of steel, Friday was a big day at the Lake Ontario Steel Company plan in Whitby when the millionth ton of steel was tapped. On h(...)
Lasco's millionth ton of steel, Friday was a big day at the Lake Ontario Steel Company plan in Whitby when the millionth ton of steel was tapped. On h(...)
4/3/1970
Tanks from World War No. 1 are part fo the big scrap pile in this Baltimore, Md., salvage yard. The steel will go to mills where it will be reproduced(...)
Tanks from World War No. 1 are part fo the big scrap pile in this Baltimore, Md., salvage yard. The steel will go to mills where it will be reproduced(...)
9/19/1942
Big steel is the name of uni-sex boutique at Dylex's Fairweather store at Yorkdale
Big steel is the name of uni-sex boutique at Dylex's Fairweather store at Yorkdale
7/5/1969
Man, there's a long way to go. A steel rigger pauses to wipe his brow on the big Commerce Court project, now seven storeys above street with 50 more t(...)
Man, there's a long way to go. A steel rigger pauses to wipe his brow on the big Commerce Court project, now seven storeys above street with 50 more t(...)
6/11/1970
Co-steel cheif: William Shields says things won't be rosy for the steel industry this year, but added that Co-Steel's geographic diversity is a distinct advantage
Co-steel cheif: William Shields says things won't be rosy for the steel industry this year, but added that Co-Steel's geographic diversity is a distinct advantage
4/11/1990
STEEL REINFORCING BARS and steel pipe-the backbone and arteries--jut up from the rising CN Tower on the Metro waterfront. Demand for steel is booming at a rate not seen since World War II. Canadian mills are straining at top capacity. One Bay St. analyst says there is no catching up for three years.
STEEL REINFORCING BARS and steel pipe-the backbone and arteries--jut up from the rising CN Tower on the Metro waterfront. Demand for steel is booming at a rate not seen since World War II. Canadian mills are straining at top capacity. One Bay St. analyst says there is no catching up for three years.
1/2/1974
Loading up: Port officials say they're up to our necks in steel because an increasing amount of steel is being shipped through Oshawa to satisfy a growing world demand for the metal
Loading up: Port officials say they're up to our necks in steel because an increasing amount of steel is being shipped through Oshawa to satisfy a growing world demand for the metal
9/4/1980
Steel city no more: Wally Heinz used to be one of 3,500 workers in the Sydney steel mill in the background
Steel city no more: Wally Heinz used to be one of 3,500 workers in the Sydney steel mill in the background
8/14/1992
Ash-blonde Julia Steel, shares an apartment with her mother, singer Ivy Steel, but she's going to Paris in June to work for a model agency
Ash-blonde Julia Steel, shares an apartment with her mother, singer Ivy Steel, but she's going to Paris in June to work for a model agency
3/12/1980
Lieut. Bert steel, Galt, Nov. 18 - Albert Thomas Bert Steel, former Galt correspondent for The Toronto Star, is now stationed at Three Rivers, Que., w(...)
Lieut. Bert steel, Galt, Nov. 18 - Albert Thomas Bert Steel, former Galt correspondent for The Toronto Star, is now stationed at Three Rivers, Que., w(...)
11/18/1942
More steel going up, Structural steel work has started rising above ground at the Commercial Union Tower, the third high-rise building in the Toronto-(...)
More steel going up, Structural steel work has started rising above ground at the Commercial Union Tower, the third high-rise building in the Toronto-(...)
1/3/1973
Biggest In North America, Joe Botting, sales manager of Dufferin Steel, Toronto, stands under one of four 30-ton steel support forms built for new plant of crown-owned Polymer Corp. at Milton, Ont.
Biggest In North America, Joe Botting, sales manager of Dufferin Steel, Toronto, stands under one of four 30-ton steel support forms built for new plant of crown-owned Polymer Corp. at Milton, Ont.
5/9/1972