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Postal strike: The Trudeau cabinet is using the dispute to show Canadians that the government is serious in its fight against inflation, says Star labor reporter John Deverell
Postal strike: The Trudeau cabinet is using the dispute to show Canadians that the government is serious in its fight against inflation, says Star labor reporter John Deverell

Postal strike: The Trudeau cabinet is using the dispute to show Canadians that the government is serious in its fight against inflation, says Star labor reporter John Deverell

Date7/2/1981
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Original Toronto Star caption: Postal strike: The Trudeau cabinet is using the dispute to show Canadians that the government is serious in its fight against inflation; says Star labor reporter John Deverell.
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Getting their mail away despite the postal strike, people line up patiently in front of express window at bus terminal on Bay St., some of them using (...)
Getting their mail away despite the postal strike, people line up patiently in front of express window at bus terminal on Bay St., some of them using (...)
Spremo, Boris
7/24/1968
Angry postal workers shove reporters as they leave union meeting after learning strike's over
Angry postal workers shove reporters as they leave union meeting after learning strike's over
Brazao, Dale
10/25/1978
2,000,000 a day for mail mountain, As Toronto's first postal strike in 41 years enters its second day, undelivered mail is piling up at post offices a(...)
2,000,000 a day for mail mountain, As Toronto's first postal strike in 41 years enters its second day, undelivered mail is piling up at post offices a(...)
Philp, Barry
7/24/1965
In a personal protest against mail the strike, 71-year-old pensioner pickets postal workers outside Toronto Post Office's Terminal One at Bay and Fron(...)
In a personal protest against mail the strike, 71-year-old pensioner pickets postal workers outside Toronto Post Office's Terminal One at Bay and Fron(...)
Spremo, Boris
11/19/1975
Direct mail: Thousands spent hours yesterday waiting in line to collect family and disability benefit cheques that aren't being sent in the mail due to the postal dispute
Direct mail: Thousands spent hours yesterday waiting in line to collect family and disability benefit cheques that aren't being sent in the mail due to the postal dispute
Combs, Erin
6/29/1987
By Rosemary Speirs Toronto Star, Ottawa - The next few days will answer the key question in the postal strike
By Rosemary Speirs Toronto Star, Ottawa - The next few days will answer the key question in the postal strike
Mahler, John
10/22/1978
Picket-line turmoil such as this at Western Hospital would be a thing of the past if labor disputes involving essential services were settled through (...)
Picket-line turmoil such as this at Western Hospital would be a thing of the past if labor disputes involving essential services were settled through (...)
Teskey, Frank
7/31/1972
Only Evidence of the strike against CP Air, by nearly 100 Toronto members of International Association of Machinists, as it entered its fourth week, w(...)
Only Evidence of the strike against CP Air, by nearly 100 Toronto members of International Association of Machinists, as it entered its fourth week, w(...)
Lennon, Frank
8/15/1973
Strike, Members of the Toronto local of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers voted narrowly to extend their strike to all Metro postal stations. Paul (...)
Strike, Members of the Toronto local of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers voted narrowly to extend their strike to all Metro postal stations. Paul (...)
Bezant, Graham
12/10/1977
Postal Workers Vote On Strike, The decisive ballots in the vote on whether there will be a nation-wide postal strike are being cast today and tomorrow(...)
Postal Workers Vote On Strike, The decisive ballots in the vote on whether there will be a nation-wide postal strike are being cast today and tomorrow(...)
Bezant, Graham
10/15/1975
Laid-off Postie's hat, hung on empty sorting boxes, symbolized strike and inflation woes
Laid-off Postie's hat, hung on empty sorting boxes, symbolized strike and inflation woes
Spremo, Boris
10/23/1975
Postal worker Ken Lee says he dislikes closing down the nation's postal service
Postal worker Ken Lee says he dislikes closing down the nation's postal service
Mahler, John
10/30/1975