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On strike

Date5/2/1974
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Original Toronto Star caption: On strike: four of the nine operating engineers at Canadian Johns-Manville picket the plant, in West Hill, which is shut down because the company told the 575 members of the chemical workers union not to report for work. The engineer pickets are (from left) Walter Sparling, Dunc Murray, Ren Brown and Ken McGregor. Johns-Manville plant, formerly located on Lawrence Avenue East at Bridgeport Drive, southwest corner. (43.778275, -79.141651)||Published in Toronto Star, 3 May 1974, page B2, with article ''Years of bitter feuding climaxes in Johns-Manville plant shutdown''
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    GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto
    GeographyNeighbourhoodWest Hill
    GeographyProvince stateOntario
    GeographyCountryCanada
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0017161F
      Votes counted at Royal York hotel to decide if inside postal workers would strike, The ballot count was 906 in favor of a strike and 286 opposed. Metro mail is tied up completely
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