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Hard hit: George Farkouh, mayor of Elliot Lake, says his city has 63 per cent unemployement as 400 new layoffs loom.
Hard hit: George Farkouh, mayor of Elliot Lake, says his city has 63 per cent unemployement as 400 new layoffs loom.

Hard hit: George Farkouh, mayor of Elliot Lake, says his city has 63 per cent unemployement as 400 new layoffs loom.

Date3/7/1991
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George Beer, 69, shows how today's hard-working commission salesman sets out laden with samples for his day's work. Beer has been working 22 years to form the Ontario Federation of Commission Agents. With 400 members, it has one goal for all: guaranteed commissions for its enterprising members.
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Leo Goldstein, We don't have layoffs
Leo Goldstein, We don't have layoffs
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Responsibility ignored: Charles Bud Clark, Canadian director of the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union (textile division) and vice-president of the Ontario Federation of Labour, believes the Ontario government should enact legislation to offer workers shelter from layoffs and plant closures.
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