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Jobs vanish
Jobs vanish

Jobs vanish

Date5/23/1980
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Original Toronto Star caption: Jobs vanish: Johns-Manville workers from left, Brown, Glenn Greer and Fred and Weir, who are on strike against the company, learned yesterday that the asbestos pipe-making plant will close and 173 will lose their jobs. Johns-Manville plant, formerly located on Lawrence Avenue East at Bridgeport Drive, southwest corner. (43.778275, -79.141651)||Published in Toronto Star, 24 May 1980, page A3, with article ''Elgie hopeful about jobs for 173 laid-off workers''
GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto
GeographyNeighbourhoodPort Union-West Rouge
GeographyHistorical locationScarborough (Ont.)
GeographyProvince stateOntario
GeographyCountryCanada
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Object NumberTSPA_0016486F
CP Rail picketers
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