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First the TTC... now my umbrella, Some days, it pays just to stay home in bed. As if the transit strike wasn't enough to contend with one soggy pedest(...)
First the TTC... now my umbrella, Some days, it pays just to stay home in bed. As if the transit strike wasn't enough to contend with one soggy pedest(...)

First the TTC... now my umbrella, Some days, it pays just to stay home in bed. As if the transit strike wasn't enough to contend with one soggy pedest(...)

Date9/12/1978
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  • First the TTC... now my umbrella; Some days; it pays just to stay home in bed. As if the transit strike wasn't enough to contend with one soggy pedestrian watches his umbrella disintegrate around him - and he was darn lucky to dodge the oncoming cyclist as he battled the elements today near the Bloor St.-Avenue Rd. intersection. However; knowing how Metro motorists react to rain; he can take perverse delight in thinking about tie-ups.
  • First the TTC... now my umbrella, Some days, it pays just to stay home in bed. As if the transit strike wasn't enough to contend with one soggy pedest(...)
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Original Toronto Star caption: First the TTC... now my umbrella; Some days; it pays just to stay home in bed. As if the transit strike wasn't enough to contend with one soggy pedestrian watches his umbrella disintegrate around him - and he was darn lucky to dodge the oncoming cyclist as he battled the elements today near the Bloor St.-Avenue Rd. intersection. However; knowing how Metro motorists react to rain; he can take perverse delight in thinking about tie-ups.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0016958F
Metro chairman Paul Godfrey, who is leading the TTC delegation in talks aimed at ending the 11-day-old transit strike, meets with Leonard Moynehan, pr(...)
Metro chairman Paul Godfrey, who is leading the TTC delegation in talks aimed at ending the 11-day-old transit strike, meets with Leonard Moynehan, pr(...)
Darrell, Dick
8/22/1974
TTC workers walk picket line during 1974 transit strike
TTC workers walk picket line during 1974 transit strike
Spremo, Boris
8/12/1974
After its last run, one of the TTC's 1,235 diesel buses is parked in company garage for duration of transit strike
After its last run, one of the TTC's 1,235 diesel buses is parked in company garage for duration of transit strike
Griffin, Doug
9/20/1978
On the first day of the TTC strike, PC Brian Burnett is stormed by cars from all directions as he stands on duty directing traffic during morning rush(...)
On the first day of the TTC strike, PC Brian Burnett is stormed by cars from all directions as he stands on duty directing traffic during morning rush(...)
Spremo, Boris
8/12/1974
Burning in defiance the proposals put forward by Premier William Davis last week to end TTC strike, workers typify disrespect for laws now common to Canadian unions
Burning in defiance the proposals put forward by Premier William Davis last week to end TTC strike, workers typify disrespect for laws now common to Canadian unions
Bezant, Graham
8/29/1974
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
Voting on whether to end the 23-day transit strike, George Key casts a ballot in Toronto Transit Commission Russell yards at Queen St. near Coxwell Av(...)
Voting on whether to end the 23-day transit strike, George Key casts a ballot in Toronto Transit Commission Russell yards at Queen St. near Coxwell Av(...)
Combs, Erin
9/3/1974
The Thumb's Working for Some, but not all in Metro's transit strike
The Thumb's Working for Some, but not all in Metro's transit strike
Beaty, Keith
9/11/1978
Face to face for first time, TTC commissioners (left) join strike negotiators at the Royal York Hotel yesterday
Face to face for first time, TTC commissioners (left) join strike negotiators at the Royal York Hotel yesterday
Darrell, Dick
8/22/1974
Worth The Wait? A bored commuter, stranded by the TTC strike, joins the line of people waiting yesterday at Union Station for GO trains to take them home
Worth The Wait? A bored commuter, stranded by the TTC strike, joins the line of people waiting yesterday at Union Station for GO trains to take them home
Loek, Dick
9/12/1991
Their cupboards are bare and several hundred striking civic workers line up at tables at the City Hall foyer to collect pay cheques for the six days t(...)
Their cupboards are bare and several hundred striking civic workers line up at tables at the City Hall foyer to collect pay cheques for the six days t(...)
Goode, Jeff
4/20/1972
Monumental jam-ups - in case any downtown driver missed one - were the order of the day as an unprepared Metro faced the first day of the transit stri(...)
Monumental jam-ups - in case any downtown driver missed one - were the order of the day as an unprepared Metro faced the first day of the transit stri(...)
Lennon, Frank
9/11/1978