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Leaving home: Diane Downton has become the family breadwinner now that husband John is on strike
Leaving home: Diane Downton has become the family breadwinner now that husband John is on strike

Leaving home: Diane Downton has become the family breadwinner now that husband John is on strike

Date9/22/1988
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Original Toronto Star caption: Leaving home: Diane Downton has become the family breadwinner now that husband John is on strike.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
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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
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