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Hospital workers' strike
Hospital workers' strike

Hospital workers' strike

Date1973
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FormatPicture
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Hospital workers' strike
Subject
    GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto
    GeographyProvince stateOntario
    GeographyCountryCanada
    Medium
    Black-and-white photographs
    DimensionsUnknown
    Language
      CollectionArchives of Ontario
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderArchives of Ontario
      Object NumberOHQ-PICTURES-S-R-910
      Emmauel Bourdos, whose take-home pay as a hospital orderly is about $110 a week, helps the two eldest of his six children with their homework as the family gathers around the table. From the left are Bourdos, Photini, 11, Margaret, 10, Mrs. Bourdos holding Dino, 2, Tina, 5, and Bessie, S. Bourdos is one of 6,000 Metro hospital workers who are preparing to risk the consequences of an illegal strike to get a decent wage comparable to that in similar work.
      Emmauel Bourdos, whose take-home pay as a hospital orderly is about $110 a week, helps the two eldest of his six children with their homework as the family gathers around the table. From the left are Bourdos, Photini, 11, Margaret, 10, Mrs. Bourdos holding Dino, 2, Tina, 5, and Bessie, S. Bourdos is one of 6,000 Metro hospital workers who are preparing to risk the consequences of an illegal strike to get a decent wage comparable to that in similar work.
      Bull, Ron
      1/3/1974
      Union leader: Grace Hartman, the first woman to lead a major Canadian union, took hospital workers out on strike
      Union leader: Grace Hartman, the first woman to lead a major Canadian union, took hospital workers out on strike
      Canadian Union of Public Employees
      10/10/1985
      Medical staff at Toronto Western Hospital are doing the cleaning because kitchen workers, cleaners and maintenance men have been on strike for a week.(...)
      Medical staff at Toronto Western Hospital are doing the cleaning because kitchen workers, cleaners and maintenance men have been on strike for a week.(...)
      Bull, Ron
      7/18/1972
      Judge John Cromarty of the Ontario Supreme Court shocked government lawyers when he told them he needed a full day to decide if he'll issue injunctions to halt the hospital workers' illegal strike.
      Judge John Cromarty of the Ontario Supreme Court shocked government lawyers when he told them he needed a full day to decide if he'll issue injunctions to halt the hospital workers' illegal strike.
      Russell, Jim
      1/28/1981
      Hartman, who led hospital workers from the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) on an illegal strike last February, didn't have it so easy. A 63-(...)
      Hartman, who led hospital workers from the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) on an illegal strike last February, didn't have it so easy. A 63-(...)
      Canadian Union of Public Employees
      6/11/1981
      Ontario NDP leader Stephen Lewis addresses 250 hospital workers outside Queen's Park yesterday during their protest against low wages and compulsory arbitration used to end their strikes
      Ontario NDP leader Stephen Lewis addresses 250 hospital workers outside Queen's Park yesterday during their protest against low wages and compulsory arbitration used to end their strikes
      Barkley, Harold
      6/14/1973
      Hospital workers on strike
      Hospital workers on strike
      LeBourdais, Julien
      1973
      An illegal strike of postal workers shortly before Christmas was touched off by the assignment of casual workers to automated equipment. The Post Offi(...)
      An illegal strike of postal workers shortly before Christmas was touched off by the assignment of casual workers to automated equipment. The Post Offi(...)
      Cooper, David
      12/8/1977
      Five of eight signs held by workers during their strike last year at General Motors in Oshawa demand parity in pay with U.S. workers. The strikers wer(...)
      Five of eight signs held by workers during their strike last year at General Motors in Oshawa demand parity in pay with U.S. workers. The strikers wer(...)
      Darrell, Dick
      10/23/1970
      UAW strikes UAW, Workers at a dental clinic set up by Local 222 of the United Auto Workers in Oshawa threw up a picket line around the clinic yesterda(...)
      UAW strikes UAW, Workers at a dental clinic set up by Local 222 of the United Auto Workers in Oshawa threw up a picket line around the clinic yesterda(...)
      McConnell, Colin
      9/27/1979
      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
      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