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Facing the axe: A de Havilland worker, leaving the Downsview plant yesterday with fellow employees, reacts with a thumbs-down to news of 1,300 layoffs
Facing the axe: A de Havilland worker, leaving the Downsview plant yesterday with fellow employees, reacts with a thumbs-down to news of 1,300 layoffs

Facing the axe: A de Havilland worker, leaving the Downsview plant yesterday with fellow employees, reacts with a thumbs-down to news of 1,300 layoffs

Date10/4/1991
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  • Facing the axe: A de Havilland worker, leaving the Downsview plant yesterday with fellow employees, reacts with a thumbs-down to news of 1,300 layoffs
  • Facing the axe: A de Havilland worker; leaving the Downsview plant yesterday with fellow employees; reacts with a thumbs-down to news of 1;300 layoffs.
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Original Toronto Star caption: Facing the axe: A de Havilland worker; leaving the Downsview plant yesterday with fellow employees; reacts with a thumbs-down to news of 1;300 layoffs.
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