Automation problem

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Automation problem

Date8/12/1976

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Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022 (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Automation problem: Talked up as cure for Canada's faltering postal services; automation seems to have done just the opposite. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers says 60 per cent of the millions of pieces of mail handled every day is rejected by cranky machines and has to be hand-sorted.

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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_0011118F

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