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Too many licenses, Truckers say, Their boxes up, dump trucks surround Queen's Park today as about 150 drivers picketed to protest recent regulations t(...)
Too many licenses, Truckers say, Their boxes up, dump trucks surround Queen's Park today as about 150 drivers picketed to protest recent regulations t(...)

Too many licenses, Truckers say, Their boxes up, dump trucks surround Queen's Park today as about 150 drivers picketed to protest recent regulations t(...)

Date1/31/1975
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Original Toronto Star caption: Too many licenses; Truckers say; Their boxes up; dump trucks surround Queen's Park today as about 150 drivers picketed to protest recent regulations they say have put too many truckers in the business and thus cut wages.
Country:Canada
City, town or township:Toronto
Province or state:Ontario
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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_0011740F
Signs of frustration: Metro motorists drive on the shoulders of the highways as protesting truck drivers slowed traffic yesterday, the second day in a row truckers used their rigs to tie up roads
Signs of frustration: Metro motorists drive on the shoulders of the highways as protesting truck drivers slowed traffic yesterday, the second day in a row truckers used their rigs to tie up roads
5/16/1991
Truckers' group boycott Milton quarries, Truck drivers in the newly organized Ontario Haulers Association meet yesterday in a field near Milton with their president, Angelo Natale, at right
Truckers' group boycott Milton quarries, Truck drivers in the newly organized Ontario Haulers Association meet yesterday in a field near Milton with their president, Angelo Natale, at right
2/27/1974
Hundreds of taxis surround Queen's Park as their drivers demand more protection and protest the release on $2,000 bail of one of three men charged wit(...)
Hundreds of taxis surround Queen's Park as their drivers demand more protection and protest the release on $2,000 bail of one of three men charged wit(...)
6/16/1975
Up in arms: Dump truck drivers protesting unpaid wages yesterday block an Etobicoke site from which they hauled excavated material
Up in arms: Dump truck drivers protesting unpaid wages yesterday block an Etobicoke site from which they hauled excavated material
5/12/1992
Some Trip! Public school students on an excursion walk to another bus yesterday after theirs was stuck for four hours by the truckers' protest. The students were returned to their school
Some Trip! Public school students on an excursion walk to another bus yesterday after theirs was stuck for four hours by the truckers' protest. The students were returned to their school
5/16/1991
Circling Queen's Park, 135 large dump trucks seal off the Legislature building for more than three hours today as the Ontario Haulers Association soug(...)
Circling Queen's Park, 135 large dump trucks seal off the Legislature building for more than three hours today as the Ontario Haulers Association soug(...)
6/12/1974
Help back: Gravel truck drivers are stopped by OPP officers yesterday as they try to break into the Legislature to protest everything from high diesel fuel taxes to a new law licensing brokers
Help back: Gravel truck drivers are stopped by OPP officers yesterday as they try to break into the Legislature to protest everything from high diesel fuel taxes to a new law licensing brokers
3/10/1992
Truck drivers talk with Toronto Harbor Commission representatives during protest at the Leslie St
Truck drivers talk with Toronto Harbor Commission representatives during protest at the Leslie St
7/7/1989
Taking advantage: Two sunbathers make the best of a no-way-out situation yesterday on Highway 401 as truckers refuse to budge
Taking advantage: Two sunbathers make the best of a no-way-out situation yesterday on Highway 401 as truckers refuse to budge
5/15/1991
Hell highway: Truckers protesting high taxes join in a mass to plug up Highway 401 near Ajax yesterday, adding hours to the trip home for commuters
Hell highway: Truckers protesting high taxes join in a mass to plug up Highway 401 near Ajax yesterday, adding hours to the trip home for commuters
5/16/1991
People of Chesley picketed Queen's Park to protest the government's decision
People of Chesley picketed Queen's Park to protest the government's decision
11/25/1975
150 Demonstrators quietly picketed the U
150 Demonstrators quietly picketed the U
5/2/1965