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About 20,000 students in Peel Region walked out of their high school classrooms yesterday to protest the breakdown in negotiations between teachers an(...)
About 20,000 students in Peel Region walked out of their high school classrooms yesterday to protest the breakdown in negotiations between teachers an(...)

About 20,000 students in Peel Region walked out of their high school classrooms yesterday to protest the breakdown in negotiations between teachers an(...)

Date4/6/1977
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Original Toronto Star caption: About 20;000 students in Peel Region walked out of their high school classrooms yesterday to protest the breakdown in negotiations between teachers and Peel Board of Education. About 4;000 of them attended protest rally in front of board's headquarters in Mississauga (above). Student leaders said yesterday they would urge Premier William Davis to make it illegal for teachers to work to rule.
Country:Canada
City, town or township:Mississauga
Province or state:Ontario
Region or district:Peel (Ont. : Regional municipality)
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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_0011431F
Protesting a contract deadlock between school board and its teachers, thousands of placard-waving high school students walked out of Peel Region class(...)
Protesting a contract deadlock between school board and its teachers, thousands of placard-waving high school students walked out of Peel Region class(...)
4/6/1977
Metro teachers left their classrooms May 14 to march on Queen's Park in protest against the ceilings imposed on spending by Education Minister Thomas (...)
Metro teachers left their classrooms May 14 to march on Queen's Park in protest against the ceilings imposed on spending by Education Minister Thomas (...)
5/30/1973
United they walk: Students parade outside the Dufferin-peel separate school board to protest work-to-rule by teachers
United they walk: Students parade outside the Dufferin-peel separate school board to protest work-to-rule by teachers
6/1/1993
ROM protest: A museum worker costumed to represent a dinosaur joined about 100 union members who picketed the Royal Ontario Museum yesterday to protest lagging contract negotiations
ROM protest: A museum worker costumed to represent a dinosaur joined about 100 union members who picketed the Royal Ontario Museum yesterday to protest lagging contract negotiations
9/10/1985
Student walkout protests spending ceilings, Singing students loll on the front lawn of Keiller Mackay High School in Etobicoke after they walked out t(...)
Student walkout protests spending ceilings, Singing students loll on the front lawn of Keiller Mackay High School in Etobicoke after they walked out t(...)
10/26/1973
Youthful protest: Students are suffering in Peel strike but teachers are victims too, Michele Landsberg says
Youthful protest: Students are suffering in Peel strike but teachers are victims too, Michele Landsberg says
10/5/1979
Hundreds of students from two Catholic high schools march to Mississauga City Hall yesterday to protest a work-to-rule campaign by Dufferin-Peel Catho(...)
Hundreds of students from two Catholic high schools march to Mississauga City Hall yesterday to protest a work-to-rule campaign by Dufferin-Peel Catho(...)
6/1/1993
Class action: Catholic high school students carry signs as they gather at Queen's Park today to urge an end to a work-to-rule campaign by teachers volved in a contract dispute with their board
Class action: Catholic high school students carry signs as they gather at Queen's Park today to urge an end to a work-to-rule campaign by teachers volved in a contract dispute with their board
3/5/1992
Teachers who walked out of schools Dec
Teachers who walked out of schools Dec
12/13/1973
Placard-carrying students from River-dale Collegiate march on the Legislature last night to protest the layoff of 12 of their teachers. Student Counci(...)
Placard-carrying students from River-dale Collegiate march on the Legislature last night to protest the layoff of 12 of their teachers. Student Counci(...)
4/18/1978
University of Toronto students occupy Sidney Smith Hall to protest the firing of three professors they say are extremely capable teachers. [Incomplete]
University of Toronto students occupy Sidney Smith Hall to protest the firing of three professors they say are extremely capable teachers. [Incomplete]
2/27/1973
A new low?, Teachers, parents and students protest Ontario Bill 127 in downtown Toronto
A new low?, Teachers, parents and students protest Ontario Bill 127 in downtown Toronto
6/24/1982