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Hospital workers struck Toronto Western Hospital in 1972 to protest poor pay and bad working conditions
Hospital workers struck Toronto Western Hospital in 1972 to protest poor pay and bad working conditions

Hospital workers struck Toronto Western Hospital in 1972 to protest poor pay and bad working conditions

Date7/25/1972
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Original Toronto Star caption: Hospital workers struck Toronto Western Hospital in 1972 to protest poor pay and bad working conditions. Although an Ontario law now prohibits non-medical hospital staff from going on strike; the workers recently decided they would walk out anyway to support their contract demands. Thousands of federal government employees and some Alberta workers have already staged illegal walkouts.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0016909F
      Striking workers from Toronto Western Hospital protest at Queen's Park today, vowing to camp on the lawn of the Legislature until they get their jobs (...)
      Striking workers from Toronto Western Hospital protest at Queen's Park today, vowing to camp on the lawn of the Legislature until they get their jobs (...)
      Spremo, Boris
      8/8/1972
      Workers picketing Toronto Western Hospital are evidence of hospital staffs' new militancy in their fight to increase wage levels that are among the lowest in any industry in Canada
      Workers picketing Toronto Western Hospital are evidence of hospital staffs' new militancy in their fight to increase wage levels that are among the lowest in any industry in Canada
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      7/12/1972
      Hospital workers parade around Toronto Western Hospital today after a march on Queen's Park was postponed
      Hospital workers parade around Toronto Western Hospital today after a march on Queen's Park was postponed
      Ross, Fred
      7/25/1972
      Some of the poor living conditions in the Cuban countryside can be seen in this shack
      Some of the poor living conditions in the Cuban countryside can be seen in this shack
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      1/18/1969
      Emmauel Bourdos, whose take-home pay as a hospital orderly is about $110 a week, helps the two eldest of his six children with their homework as the family gathers around the table. From the left are Bourdos, Photini, 11, Margaret, 10, Mrs. Bourdos holding Dino, 2, Tina, 5, and Bessie, S. Bourdos is one of 6,000 Metro hospital workers who are preparing to risk the consequences of an illegal strike to get a decent wage comparable to that in similar work.
      Emmauel Bourdos, whose take-home pay as a hospital orderly is about $110 a week, helps the two eldest of his six children with their homework as the family gathers around the table. From the left are Bourdos, Photini, 11, Margaret, 10, Mrs. Bourdos holding Dino, 2, Tina, 5, and Bessie, S. Bourdos is one of 6,000 Metro hospital workers who are preparing to risk the consequences of an illegal strike to get a decent wage comparable to that in similar work.
      Bull, Ron
      1/3/1974
      Striking workers of Toronto Western Hospital sit outside the Supreme Court of Canada on Queen St
      Striking workers of Toronto Western Hospital sit outside the Supreme Court of Canada on Queen St
      Goode, Jeff
      7/13/1972
      Camping out on lawns in front of Queen's Park, about 200 striking workers from Toronto Western Hospital put up tents and settled down to lunch today, (...)
      Camping out on lawns in front of Queen's Park, about 200 striking workers from Toronto Western Hospital put up tents and settled down to lunch today, (...)
      Spremo, Boris
      8/8/1972
      Medical staff at Toronto Western Hospital are doing the cleaning because kitchen workers, cleaners and maintenance men have been on strike for a week.(...)
      Medical staff at Toronto Western Hospital are doing the cleaning because kitchen workers, cleaners and maintenance men have been on strike for a week.(...)
      Bull, Ron
      7/18/1972
      Celebrated Dis Jockey Wolfman Jack (real name Bob Smith from Brooklyn) extols working conditions in Toronto where he has joined with the CBC to produc(...)
      Celebrated Dis Jockey Wolfman Jack (real name Bob Smith from Brooklyn) extols working conditions in Toronto where he has joined with the CBC to produc(...)
      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
      3/31/1976
      A premium protest: Members of the United Electrical and Radio Workers march at Queen's Park last night to protest premiums and double billing by the Ontario Hospital Services Insurance Plan
      A premium protest: Members of the United Electrical and Radio Workers march at Queen's Park last night to protest premiums and double billing by the Ontario Hospital Services Insurance Plan
      Darrell, Dick
      11/4/1969
      Mud gets in their eyes. We've all heard of filthy working conditions, but Jockey Lloyd Duffy, riding Le Chevalier, really had his fill of dirt yesterd(...)
      Mud gets in their eyes. We've all heard of filthy working conditions, but Jockey Lloyd Duffy, riding Le Chevalier, really had his fill of dirt yesterd(...)
      Goode, Jeff
      4/6/1984
      Bus driver William Tilford. It's the working conditions that are the issues
      Bus driver William Tilford. It's the working conditions that are the issues
      Dutton, Don
      8/10/1972