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Garbage mounts: With no settlement in sight of the strike by 450 York Borough employees, uncollected garbage is piling up
Garbage mounts: With no settlement in sight of the strike by 450 York Borough employees, uncollected garbage is piling up

Garbage mounts: With no settlement in sight of the strike by 450 York Borough employees, uncollected garbage is piling up

Date10/22/1981
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Original Toronto Star caption: Garbage mounts: With no settlement in sight of the strike by 450 York Borough employees, uncollected garbage is piling up. Here residents bring their trash to a dump in Keelesdale Park on Eglinton Ave., one of several dumps set up by the borough. The strike is in its 11th day. Keelesdale Park, located on Eglinton Avenue West, south side, east of Black Creek Drive. (43.688308, -79.480431)||Published in Toronto Star, 23 October 1981, page A18, with article ''Brickbats fly, garbage stays in York dispute''
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0017015F
      Trash mounts up: York borough resident Frank Marchese huris his garbage onto the huge mound at Keeledale Park, designated a dump site during the strike by municipal workers
      Trash mounts up: York borough resident Frank Marchese huris his garbage onto the huge mound at Keeledale Park, designated a dump site during the strike by municipal workers
      Mahler, John
      10/26/1981
      First Strike by north york municpal employees, which began yesterday, is resulting in garbage piling up at the rate of 700 tons a day in backyards and(...)
      First Strike by north york municpal employees, which began yesterday, is resulting in garbage piling up at the rate of 700 tons a day in backyards and(...)
      Beaty, Keith
      5/31/1976
      Down in the dumps?, No, this is down in York where garbage has been piling up for more than two weeks because of the municipal workers strike. Two med(...)
      Down in the dumps?, No, this is down in York where garbage has been piling up for more than two weeks because of the municipal workers strike. Two med(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      n.d.
      While garbage is piling up in homes, streets, parks and schoolyards, Metro outside workers are continuing their strike
      While garbage is piling up in homes, streets, parks and schoolyards, Metro outside workers are continuing their strike
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      4/22/1972
      Disgusting, isn't it?, A block-long emergency garbage dump set up during the York borough strike has brought complaints from local residents. One fami(...)
      Disgusting, isn't it?, A block-long emergency garbage dump set up during the York borough strike has brought complaints from local residents. One fami(...)
      Cooper, David
      11/3/1981
      Stacking up As the Etobicoke garbage strike talks broke down and there is now no early end in sight, a youngster pedals quickly past garbage already s(...)
      Stacking up As the Etobicoke garbage strike talks broke down and there is now no early end in sight, a youngster pedals quickly past garbage already s(...)
      Mahler, John
      7/27/1984
      North York workers resumed their cleanup of garbage depots today after the city's 1,300 civic employees ended their 19-day strike on Friday. This pile(...)
      North York workers resumed their cleanup of garbage depots today after the city's 1,300 civic employees ended their 19-day strike on Friday. This pile(...)
      Lennon, Frank
      3/30/1987
      A Common Sight in the days ahead if the Metro outside workers' strike continues will be pile-ups of garbage like this one on Pembroke St. today. In th(...)
      A Common Sight in the days ahead if the Metro outside workers' strike continues will be pile-ups of garbage like this one on Pembroke St. today. In th(...)
      Roworth, Eddy
      11/3/1966
      All-Canadian garbage Mayor Gus Harris (left) and Consumers Affairs Minister Frank Drea tossed the first bags of garbage into the borough's first Canad(...)
      All-Canadian garbage Mayor Gus Harris (left) and Consumers Affairs Minister Frank Drea tossed the first bags of garbage into the borough's first Canad(...)
      Drea, Frank
      10/1/1979
      Sitting on the Garbage, Robert Litz, a private contractor hired by the borough of Etobicoke to collect and dispose of bulky items, takes notes as worker loads furniture on truck
      Sitting on the Garbage, Robert Litz, a private contractor hired by the borough of Etobicoke to collect and dispose of bulky items, takes notes as worker loads furniture on truck
      Geo, Mario
      1/13/1972
      They're out: Civic workers in York borough, members of two locals of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, walked off the job today in a strike over fringe benefits
      They're out: Civic workers in York borough, members of two locals of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, walked off the job today in a strike over fringe benefits
      McConnell, Colin
      10/14/1981
      North York Garbage Strike
      North York Garbage Strike
      Cooper, David
      3/30/1987