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Back sorting the mail, Jean Hill works with other postal employees who crossed the picket line at Don Mills post office
Back sorting the mail, Jean Hill works with other postal employees who crossed the picket line at Don Mills post office

Back sorting the mail, Jean Hill works with other postal employees who crossed the picket line at Don Mills post office

Date11/14/1975
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  • Back sorting the mail, Jean Hill works with other postal employees who crossed the picket line at Don Mills post office
  • Back sorting the mail; Jean Hill works with other postal employees who crossed the picket line at Don Mills post office. Spot mail deliveries were made yesterday in a few suburban Toronto areas; including Don Mills; after about 600 strikers returned to work. But there were only a few breaks in the 25-day-old strike. At Terminal A in the city; only 29 mail sorters out of 3;500 had reported back to work.
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Original Toronto Star caption: Back sorting the mail; Jean Hill works with other postal employees who crossed the picket line at Don Mills post office. Spot mail deliveries were made yesterday in a few suburban Toronto areas; including Don Mills; after about 600 strikers returned to work. But there were only a few breaks in the 25-day-old strike. At Terminal A in the city; only 29 mail sorters out of 3;500 had reported back to work.
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