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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

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

Date7/12/1972
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Original Toronto Star caption: 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.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0016916F
      Nurses, picketing in front of Mount Sinai hospital earlier this month, won substantial wage increases July 17
      Nurses, picketing in front of Mount Sinai hospital earlier this month, won substantial wage increases July 17
      Darrell, Dick
      7/25/1974
      Tension mounting: Demonstration last month at Mount Sinai Hospital added to the growing evidence of pension unrest among hundreds of thousands of workers
      Tension mounting: Demonstration last month at Mount Sinai Hospital added to the growing evidence of pension unrest among hundreds of thousands of workers
      Bull, Ron
      2/29/1988
      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
      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
      New militancy: Jean-Guy Belanger was appointed to take charge of the Toronto local of the Hotel and Restaurant Workers' Union when it was obviously tottering.
      New militancy: Jean-Guy Belanger was appointed to take charge of the Toronto local of the Hotel and Restaurant Workers' Union when it was obviously tottering.
      Darrell, Dick
      2/24/1981
      Ontario NDP leader Stephen Lewis addresses 250 hospital workers outside Queen's Park yesterday during their protest against low wages and compulsory arbitration used to end their strikes
      Ontario NDP leader Stephen Lewis addresses 250 hospital workers outside Queen's Park yesterday during their protest against low wages and compulsory arbitration used to end their strikes
      Barkley, Harold
      6/14/1973
      The nine-week strike by Metro high school teacher's pushed them to the forefront of union activism after years non-militancy. We were forced into it, says union president Jim Forster, shown picketing with teachers outside Oakwood Collegiate in mid-Novembe
      The nine-week strike by Metro high school teacher's pushed them to the forefront of union activism after years non-militancy. We were forced into it, says union president Jim Forster, shown picketing with teachers outside Oakwood Collegiate in mid-Novembe
      Spremo, Boris
      11/13/1975
      Stress monitor: Martyn Thomas, director of the Bio-Behavioural Treatment and Research unit at Sunnybrook Hospital, speaks with a patient hooked up to a computer that monitors her stress levels
      Stress monitor: Martyn Thomas, director of the Bio-Behavioural Treatment and Research unit at Sunnybrook Hospital, speaks with a patient hooked up to a computer that monitors her stress levels
      Dexter, Brian
      1/29/1983
      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
      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
      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
      Ross, Fred
      7/25/1972
      Business as usual: Staff workers at a busy nursing station at York Central Hospital in Richmond Hill work cheerfully through the holiday season, but executive director Jim Hepburn (left) remains troubled by the 316-bed hospital's bleak financial picture
      Business as usual: Staff workers at a busy nursing station at York Central Hospital in Richmond Hill work cheerfully through the holiday season, but executive director Jim Hepburn (left) remains troubled by the 316-bed hospital's bleak financial picture
      Mahler, John
      12/23/1985