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Strikers march on city hall, Striking Royal York hotel employees parade from city hall to Union Station to protest the hotel's exemption from city bus(...)
Strikers march on city hall, Striking Royal York hotel employees parade from city hall to Union Station to protest the hotel's exemption from city bus(...)

Strikers march on city hall, Striking Royal York hotel employees parade from city hall to Union Station to protest the hotel's exemption from city bus(...)

Date5/25/1961
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Original Toronto Star caption: Strikers march on city hall; Striking Royal York hotel employees parade from city hall to Union Station to protest the hotel's exemption from city business taxes. Some carried stuffed pillow cases representing the exemption; some $180;000.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0016764F
      Talking to police sergeant, Patrick Murphy, president of striking Canadian Union of General Employees (CUGE), and strikers from Toronto Western Hospit(...)
      Talking to police sergeant, Patrick Murphy, president of striking Canadian Union of General Employees (CUGE), and strikers from Toronto Western Hospit(...)
      Goode, Jeff
      7/13/1972
      The president of Local 43, Canadian Union of Public Employees, Russell Doyle, tells striking civic workers outside City Hall union negotiators have ac(...)
      The president of Local 43, Canadian Union of Public Employees, Russell Doyle, tells striking civic workers outside City Hall union negotiators have ac(...)
      Lennon, Frank
      5/8/1972
      Grace Hartman, CUPE national president, tells strikers outside North York city hall today that they'll win against the politicians
      Grace Hartman, CUPE national president, tells strikers outside North York city hall today that they'll win against the politicians
      Canadian Union of Public Employees
      7/12/1979
      Camp strikers is seen at RIGHT lining up for their match on the city hall square, when They are seen at the LEFT as they marched through the streets of the city
      Camp strikers is seen at RIGHT lining up for their match on the city hall square, when They are seen at the LEFT as they marched through the streets of the city
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      7/5/1935
      Peaceful confrontation: police and metro strikers maintain an orderly vigil in Nathan Phillips Square, The new City Hall is at far left, Police are lined up between it and the marching pickets
      Peaceful confrontation: police and metro strikers maintain an orderly vigil in Nathan Phillips Square, The new City Hall is at far left, Police are lined up between it and the marching pickets
      Spremo, Boris
      11/3/1966
      Metro strikers parading outside city hall today, If people want to walk through our picket line that's their business
      Metro strikers parading outside city hall today, If people want to walk through our picket line that's their business
      Spremo, Boris
      11/4/1966
      Representing Businesses hurt by the postal strike, about 75 pickets march outside the Royal York Hotel yesterday, across Front St. from striking postal workers and sympathizers. [Incomplete]
      Representing Businesses hurt by the postal strike, about 75 pickets march outside the Royal York Hotel yesterday, across Front St. from striking postal workers and sympathizers. [Incomplete]
      Lennon, Frank
      10/28/1975
      Non-Strikers, right, argue with striking Cabbie, left, and union official (in beard
      Non-Strikers, right, argue with striking Cabbie, left, and union official (in beard
      Power, Peter
      8/25/1991
      Cleaning up: Gary Rochon wears a white laboratory coat and white gloves to clean the chandelier in the Royal York Hotel's concert hall
      Cleaning up: Gary Rochon wears a white laboratory coat and white gloves to clean the chandelier in the Royal York Hotel's concert hall
      Bock, Tony
      9/2/1988
      At Toronto City Hall, protest march yesterday urging the city to save the Toronto-owned Langstaff Jail Farm from becoming a provincial parkway belt
      At Toronto City Hall, protest march yesterday urging the city to save the Toronto-owned Langstaff Jail Farm from becoming a provincial parkway belt
      Beaty, Keith
      8/4/1976
      Relief strikers gather at Winnipeg. Camp strikers are seen at LEFT as they marched through the streets of the city.
      Relief strikers gather at Winnipeg. Camp strikers are seen at LEFT as they marched through the streets of the city.
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      1935
      These pickets at Windsor made mild protest when fellow-strikers first started to move the tangled mass of vehicles blockading this street but the union order prevailed
      These pickets at Windsor made mild protest when fellow-strikers first started to move the tangled mass of vehicles blockading this street but the union order prevailed
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      11/7/1945