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Strike unrest

Strike unrest

Date6/22/1987
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Original Toronto Star caption: Strike unrest: Police officers in London; Ont.; handcuff a mail worker outside the city's York St. post office. In London; at least 14 postal workers were arrested; as tensions ran particularly high among the 400 members of Local 4. Two postal workers were charged with assaulting a police officer; nine with obstructing police and two with mischief.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0017277F
      Violence on the picket Line-A symbol of Canada's worst year for Labour unrest
      Violence on the picket Line-A symbol of Canada's worst year for Labour unrest
      McCaffrey, Gordon
      3/18/1966
      Sentences from five to seven years' improvement for stimulating social unrest were imposed on 11 of 121 students arrested in demonstrations. Shanghai (...)
      Sentences from five to seven years' improvement for stimulating social unrest were imposed on 11 of 121 students arrested in demonstrations. Shanghai (...)
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      5/27/1947
      Native unrest
      Native unrest
      Assembly of First Nations
      7/9/1990
      Greta Garbo, star of another era, looks down on Univeristy of Toronto Professor Lewis Feuer and his new book while he explains his theory that the generation gap is behind today's student unrest.
      Greta Garbo, star of another era, looks down on Univeristy of Toronto Professor Lewis Feuer and his new book while he explains his theory that the generation gap is behind today's student unrest.
      Ross, Fred
      3/26/1969
      Riot arrest: Police arrest a youth during rioting last night in Brooklyn's Crown Heights area, the fourth straight day of unrest
      Riot arrest: Police arrest a youth during rioting last night in Brooklyn's Crown Heights area, the fourth straight day of unrest
      Spremo, Boris
      8/23/1991
      Tension mounting: Demonstration last month at Mount Sinai Hospital added to the growing evidence of pension unrest among hundreds of thousands of workers
      Tension mounting: Demonstration last month at Mount Sinai Hospital added to the growing evidence of pension unrest among hundreds of thousands of workers
      Bull, Ron
      2/29/1988
      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
      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
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      7/26/1965
      Strikes - Canada - Ontario 1996 - - OPSEU strike
      Strikes - Canada - Ontario 1996 - - OPSEU strike
      Edwards, Peter
      11/2/1998
      Strikes - Canada - Ontario 1996 - - OPSEU strike
      Strikes - Canada - Ontario 1996 - - OPSEU strike
      Irish, Paul
      9/9/1998
      The strike is the first labor trouble at the General Motors plant since a strike of several weeks' duration in 1937 during the union's organizing peri(...)
      The strike is the first labor trouble at the General Motors plant since a strike of several weeks' duration in 1937 during the union's organizing peri(...)
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      10/27/1949
      Speaking to Star forum on question Should Labor's Right to Strike be Curbed? federal Labor Minister Bryce Mackasey warns that if resentment of workers is great enough they will strike no matter what laws may be enacted
      Speaking to Star forum on question Should Labor's Right to Strike be Curbed? federal Labor Minister Bryce Mackasey warns that if resentment of workers is great enough they will strike no matter what laws may be enacted
      Barkley, Harold
      11/25/1970
      Strike Saver: The TTC strike showed many people the better way may be on their bicycles -- but more promotion by politicians is needed
      Strike Saver: The TTC strike showed many people the better way may be on their bicycles -- but more promotion by politicians is needed
      Loek, Dick
      9/16/1991