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Edge of bridge on the west side has no guard rails, Norbert Pike union safety director, charged today after visiting Leaside bridge where workers have(...)
Edge of bridge on the west side has no guard rails, Norbert Pike union safety director, charged today after visiting Leaside bridge where workers have(...)

Edge of bridge on the west side has no guard rails, Norbert Pike union safety director, charged today after visiting Leaside bridge where workers have(...)

Date8/23/1968
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Original Toronto Star caption: Edge of bridge on the west side has no guard rails; Norbert Pike union safety director; charged today after visiting Leaside bridge where workers have walked off job for the fourth time in a month protesting unsafe conditions.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0109647F
      This bridge could collapse and cause a major disaster, Norbert Pike, safety director of the International Laborers Union, charged today after he made (...)
      This bridge could collapse and cause a major disaster, Norbert Pike, safety director of the International Laborers Union, charged today after he made (...)
      Bezant, Graham
      8/23/1968
      Picketing sparks repair order, Safety inspectors today ordered contractors to repair unsafe conditions on Leaside bridge on Millwood Rd. after 125 members of Laborers Union picketed project today
      Picketing sparks repair order, Safety inspectors today ordered contractors to repair unsafe conditions on Leaside bridge on Millwood Rd. after 125 members of Laborers Union picketed project today
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      7/23/1968
      Long night: Pickets at CP Rail's Agincourt yard warm themselves around a barrel fire last night as they prepare for a long strike by 48,000 CN and CP rail workers across the country
      Long night: Pickets at CP Rail's Agincourt yard warm themselves around a barrel fire last night as they prepare for a long strike by 48,000 CN and CP rail workers across the country
      Dunlop, Al
      8/23/1987
      Death Trap is what union official Norbert Pike calls abandoned building
      Death Trap is what union official Norbert Pike calls abandoned building
      Griffin, Doug
      8/22/1969
      Angry clash: Union member Tom North, left, argues with Fred Malashewski, general chairman of CN Rail's Brotherhood of Railway Carmen, after a rowdy union meeting last night at a Keele St
      Angry clash: Union member Tom North, left, argues with Fred Malashewski, general chairman of CN Rail's Brotherhood of Railway Carmen, after a rowdy union meeting last night at a Keele St
      Spremo, Boris
      8/20/1987
      Safety first: Dr. Donato Spensieri of Wood-bridge wants to improve safety at the Kipling, Islington and Weston Rd. Intersections along Highway 7, which he claims have taken more lives to traffic accidents than he has lost patients to cancer over the past 15 years.
      Safety first: Dr. Donato Spensieri of Wood-bridge wants to improve safety at the Kipling, Islington and Weston Rd. Intersections along Highway 7, which he claims have taken more lives to traffic accidents than he has lost patients to cancer over the past 15 years.
      Dunlop, Al
      4/9/1992
      Way of life: Engineer Joe Tiernay has been riding the rails for 42 years and thinks showers on trains might be a good way of encouraging travel by rail
      Way of life: Engineer Joe Tiernay has been riding the rails for 42 years and thinks showers on trains might be a good way of encouraging travel by rail
      Spremo, Boris
      3/29/1989
      Director of lifeline, a non-profit project to assist steel company workers with drug and alcohol addiction problems, Lloyd Fell says he has rehabilitated 108 workers who would otherwise have lost their jobs. Lifeline, set up by United Steelworkers and Tor
      Director of lifeline, a non-profit project to assist steel company workers with drug and alcohol addiction problems, Lloyd Fell says he has rehabilitated 108 workers who would otherwise have lost their jobs. Lifeline, set up by United Steelworkers and Tor
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      3/26/1975
      In demand: Many disgruntled CP and CN rail workers who want a strong union chief believe that the Canadian Auto Workers' Bob White, above, would be just the right choice
      In demand: Many disgruntled CP and CN rail workers who want a strong union chief believe that the Canadian Auto Workers' Bob White, above, would be just the right choice
      McConnell, Colin
      1/22/1988
      Mike Hersh: Union president has edge over others because he has a university degree in plant where average education is Grade 10.
      Mike Hersh: Union president has edge over others because he has a university degree in plant where average education is Grade 10.
      Bock, Tony
      10/27/1989
      Harbor Closed: A picket looks toward a lift bridge in Hamilton harbor, where striking workers disrupted boat traffic yesterday
      Harbor Closed: A picket looks toward a lift bridge in Hamilton harbor, where striking workers disrupted boat traffic yesterday
      Power, Peter
      9/6/1991
      Train derails in west end. CP Rail workers police wait for a crane to lift a boxcar, part of a freight train that derailed after being sideswiped by a(...)
      Train derails in west end. CP Rail workers police wait for a crane to lift a boxcar, part of a freight train that derailed after being sideswiped by a(...)
      Stancu, Henry
      5/10/1990