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Breaking through the line, University of Toronto police restrain pickets at the Robarts Library today as an employee arrives for work. Library workers(...)
Breaking through the line, University of Toronto police restrain pickets at the Robarts Library today as an employee arrives for work. Library workers(...)

Breaking through the line, University of Toronto police restrain pickets at the Robarts Library today as an employee arrives for work. Library workers(...)

Date5/29/1991
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Original Toronto Star caption: Breaking through the line; University of Toronto police restrain pickets at the Robarts Library today as an employee arrives for work. Library workers have been on strike for a month to protest lack of progress in contract talks.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0016686F
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