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Garment workers protest imports
Garment workers protest imports

Garment workers protest imports

Date11/2/1977
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Original Toronto Star caption: Garment workers protest imports. Cliff Pilkey, president of the Ontario Federation of Labor, speaks to some of more than 700 members of International Ladies' Garment Workers Union who walked off job yesterday to protest cheap imports. Union says 20 factories have closed with a loss of 887 jobs since 1973 as imports have taken about 55 per cent of the market, up from about 35 per cent. Industry officials co-operated with demonstration because the industry has an anti-import policy.
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About 1,500 Members of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union demontrated yesterday in the heart of the garment district on Spadina Ave., to urge limits on clothing imports. [Incomplete]
About 1,500 Members of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union demontrated yesterday in the heart of the garment district on Spadina Ave., to urge limits on clothing imports. [Incomplete]
4/25/1973
Their Jobs Eliminated by Ottawa's quotas on shoe imports, Frank Van Beek (left), Ray Haines (right) and a third employee of Shoe Import Co
Their Jobs Eliminated by Ottawa's quotas on shoe imports, Frank Van Beek (left), Ray Haines (right) and a third employee of Shoe Import Co
12/5/1977
Garment workers: Canada employs approximately 120,000 people in the garment industry
Garment workers: Canada employs approximately 120,000 people in the garment industry
3/17/1984
Without tariff protection against cheap imports from countries like China, Poland, Brazil and Romania, we would have had to close here.
Without tariff protection against cheap imports from countries like China, Poland, Brazil and Romania, we would have had to close here.
4/1/1990
Greater use of natural gas to offset increasing oil imports were urged yesterday by federal Energy Minister Alastair Gillespie at energy seminar spons(...)
Greater use of natural gas to offset increasing oil imports were urged yesterday by federal Energy Minister Alastair Gillespie at energy seminar spons(...)
9/12/1977
What's up? A newly hatched cockatiel takes a look at the world as he stands on the hand of John Bennett, the birdman of Durham. The Uxbridge resident imports and breeds exotic birds and has a stock of 400 feathered friends ranging from finches to toucans.
What's up? A newly hatched cockatiel takes a look at the world as he stands on the hand of John Bennett, the birdman of Durham. The Uxbridge resident imports and breeds exotic birds and has a stock of 400 feathered friends ranging from finches to toucans.
6/15/1982
Traditional bread: Robert Marchese of Friull Fine Foods says his shop imports Colomba, a dove-shaped egg bread, from Italy each Easter.
Traditional bread: Robert Marchese of Friull Fine Foods says his shop imports Colomba, a dove-shaped egg bread, from Italy each Easter.
3/30/1990
Barbary sheep from the Atlas Mountains of North Africa are among the imports who have adjusted to the severe Canadian winters at the Ontario Zoologica(...)
Barbary sheep from the Atlas Mountains of North Africa are among the imports who have adjusted to the severe Canadian winters at the Ontario Zoologica(...)
1/12/1966
Stoppage of food supplies is a heavy blow to Bolivia which normally imports 90 per cent
Stoppage of food supplies is a heavy blow to Bolivia which normally imports 90 per cent
10/23/1948
Accounts of the exports and imports of the North American Provinces, so far as regards the trade with other colonies and with foreign countries. Ordered to be printed 9th March 1838
Accounts of the exports and imports of the North American Provinces, so far as regards the trade with other colonies and with foreign countries. Ordered to be printed 9th March 1838
1838
Superior quality: Silver Snail owner Ron Van Leeuwen is surrounded by the transformer toys he imports from Japan
Superior quality: Silver Snail owner Ron Van Leeuwen is surrounded by the transformer toys he imports from Japan
6/27/1985
Strong competition for imports is the reason behind the design of the Chevrolet Chevette - here being shown by General Motors of Canada president Davi(...)
Strong competition for imports is the reason behind the design of the Chevrolet Chevette - here being shown by General Motors of Canada president Davi(...)
9/22/1975