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The strike is on. These pickets took up early duty today at Toronto Transit Commission offices at Yonge St. and Eglinton Ave. The 5,700 members of the(...)
The strike is on. These pickets took up early duty today at Toronto Transit Commission offices at Yonge St. and Eglinton Ave. The 5,700 members of the(...)

The strike is on. These pickets took up early duty today at Toronto Transit Commission offices at Yonge St. and Eglinton Ave. The 5,700 members of the(...)

Date8/12/1974
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Original Toronto Star caption: The strike is on. These pickets took up early duty today at Toronto Transit Commission offices at Yonge St. and Eglinton Ave. The 5;700 members of the Amalgamated Transit Union went on strike after breaking off negotiations with the commission. Some 600;000 Metro-area residents are affected by the walkout. This is the first major strike of the Metro transit system in 22 years. Metro Chairman Paul Godfrey said last night that the strike is likely to be a prolonged one.
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      Pickets hit the street around Massey-Ferguson's sprawling Toronto plant today minutes after company's 5,700 employees in Toronto and Brantford walked (...)
      Pickets hit the street around Massey-Ferguson's sprawling Toronto plant today minutes after company's 5,700 employees in Toronto and Brantford walked (...)
      Goode, Jeff
      4/19/1968
      In a personal protest against mail the strike, 71-year-old pensioner pickets postal workers outside Toronto Post Office's Terminal One at Bay and Fron(...)
      In a personal protest against mail the strike, 71-year-old pensioner pickets postal workers outside Toronto Post Office's Terminal One at Bay and Fron(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      11/19/1975
      As progress is made toward settling the transit strike, Metro Chairman Paul Godfrey (left) confers with members of Toronto Transit Commission, (from l(...)
      As progress is made toward settling the transit strike, Metro Chairman Paul Godfrey (left) confers with members of Toronto Transit Commission, (from l(...)
      Darrell, Dick
      8/21/1974
      Pickets protest Negro's firing: Picketers march outside the Toronto Transit Commission's headquarters in support of an Ironworkers Local 721 call
      Pickets protest Negro's firing: Picketers march outside the Toronto Transit Commission's headquarters in support of an Ironworkers Local 721 call
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      4/30/1964
      Transit worker Earle Sinclair (left), 49, gives instructions for picket duty on Monday to drivers at the Toronto Transit Commission's streetcar yard a(...)
      Transit worker Earle Sinclair (left), 49, gives instructions for picket duty on Monday to drivers at the Toronto Transit Commission's streetcar yard a(...)
      Loek, Dick
      8/9/1974
      Pickets patrolling at locked gates to the Island ferry terminal, members of Local 43, Canadian Union of Public Employees, who went on strike at 7 a.m.(...)
      Pickets patrolling at locked gates to the Island ferry terminal, members of Local 43, Canadian Union of Public Employees, who went on strike at 7 a.m.(...)
      Teskey, Frank
      4/10/1972
      Naturalists and Hunting Club members, plus children, picket Durham Region offices at Whitby yesterday to protest the redesignation of Oshawa's 220-acr(...)
      Naturalists and Hunting Club members, plus children, picket Durham Region offices at Whitby yesterday to protest the redesignation of Oshawa's 220-acr(...)
      Mahler, John
      7/7/1976
      Mail walkout begins as pickets today took up positions around Postal Terminal A in Toronto, and 34 other postal buildings in the city. Sam Chuck (righ(...)
      Mail walkout begins as pickets today took up positions around Postal Terminal A in Toronto, and 34 other postal buildings in the city. Sam Chuck (righ(...)
      Teskey, Frank
      7/18/1968
      Hydro strikers carrying placards walk picket line today in front of Hydro offices on University Ave
      Hydro strikers carrying placards walk picket line today in front of Hydro offices on University Ave
      Goode, Jeff
      2/3/1969
      n to shirtsleeves bargaining, members of the Toronto Transit Commission's negotiating committee met at the Royal York Hotel today before settling into(...)
      n to shirtsleeves bargaining, members of the Toronto Transit Commission's negotiating committee met at the Royal York Hotel today before settling into(...)
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      8/20/1974
      Voting on two proposals to end the 18-day transit strike, Toronto Transit Commission workers gather at the Broom and Stone Club in Scarborough. Early (...)
      Voting on two proposals to end the 18-day transit strike, Toronto Transit Commission workers gather at the Broom and Stone Club in Scarborough. Early (...)
      Bezant, Graham
      8/29/1974
      Toronto Transit Commission, Eglinton carhouse, Yonge Street, west side, between Berwick & E…
      Toronto Transit Commission, Eglinton carhouse, Yonge Street, west side, between Berwick & Eglinton Avenues, Toronto, Ontario
      Toronto Transit Commission
      1954