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Canadian seamen have had an especially turbulent time
Canadian seamen have had an especially turbulent time

Canadian seamen have had an especially turbulent time

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  • Canadian seamen have had an especially turbulent time
  • Canadian seamen have had an especially turbulent time. This scene was during a strike that broke out on the Cornwall canal in 1945.
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Original Toronto Star caption: Canadian seamen have had an especially turbulent time. This scene was during a strike that broke out on the Cornwall canal in 1945.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0017431F
Shipping Strike on the Great Lakes has tied up 40 ships and 1,120 seamen have walked out, according to estimates by the National Maritime Union. Here,(...)
Shipping Strike on the Great Lakes has tied up 40 ships and 1,120 seamen have walked out, according to estimates by the National Maritime Union. Here,(...)
Toronto Star (Firm)
8/16/1946
Bail of $250 was asked by counsel for the 38 members of the Canadian Seamen's Union and a free lance photographer charged following a fracas aboard a (...)
Bail of $250 was asked by counsel for the 38 members of the Canadian Seamen's Union and a free lance photographer charged following a fracas aboard a (...)
Toronto Star (Firm)
5/1/1948
Seven Seamen Accused of desertion under Canada Shipping Act, when they walked off four ships at the Kingston elevators when the Seamen's Union called (...)
Seven Seamen Accused of desertion under Canada Shipping Act, when they walked off four ships at the Kingston elevators when the Seamen's Union called (...)
Toronto Star (Firm)
5/28/1946
Abandon ship call came this afternoon when the Seafarers International Union seamen went on strike in their bid for a 40-hour week. These crewmen walk(...)
Abandon ship call came this afternoon when the Seafarers International Union seamen went on strike in their bid for a 40-hour week. These crewmen walk(...)
Spremo, Boris
8/17/1967
Released from the Welland County jail after being arrested in connection the shipping strike, these seamen are back at Thorold where the C.S.L. liner (...)
Released from the Welland County jail after being arrested in connection the shipping strike, these seamen are back at Thorold where the C.S.L. liner (...)
Toronto Star (Firm)
5/29/1946
Victory Parade in which striking seamen wore newly arrived gas masks and carried signs was held through Cornwall streets after announcement that agree(...)
Victory Parade in which striking seamen wore newly arrived gas masks and carried signs was held through Cornwall streets after announcement that agree(...)
Toronto Star (Firm)
6/18/1948
Michael, Jackson, Arrested Man, Seen Talking To Seamen Near Welland Canal
Michael, Jackson, Arrested Man, Seen Talking To Seamen Near Welland Canal
Toronto Star (Firm)
4/24/1948
Aldona Szulc: Beautician and family have had income slashed
Aldona Szulc: Beautician and family have had income slashed
Beaty, Keith
1/10/1991
Not since depression have wage freezes and cutbacks been a major feature of Canadian scene
Not since depression have wage freezes and cutbacks been a major feature of Canadian scene
Teskey, Frank
1/21/1971
The president of Local 43, Canadian Union of Public Employees, Russell Doyle, tells striking civic workers outside City Hall union negotiators have ac(...)
The president of Local 43, Canadian Union of Public Employees, Russell Doyle, tells striking civic workers outside City Hall union negotiators have ac(...)
Lennon, Frank
5/8/1972
Kitchener school children who had planned to visit Riverdale Zoo walk away in disappointment
Kitchener school children who had planned to visit Riverdale Zoo walk away in disappointment
Spremo, Boris
4/25/1972
Long wait: This Child had a comfortable place to wait for a train yesterday but many stood at Union Station for long periods
Long wait: This Child had a comfortable place to wait for a train yesterday but many stood at Union Station for long periods
Spremo, Boris
8/24/1987