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Post office bargaining, Why July 31 was a critical day in the mail strike/B5
Post office bargaining, Why July 31 was a critical day in the mail strike/B5

Post office bargaining, Why July 31 was a critical day in the mail strike/B5

Date5/4/1977
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Original Toronto Star caption: Post office bargaining; Why July 31 was a critical day in the mail strike/B5
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0011096F
      2,000,000 a day for mail mountain, As Toronto's first postal strike in 41 years enters its second day, undelivered mail is piling up at post offices a(...)
      2,000,000 a day for mail mountain, As Toronto's first postal strike in 41 years enters its second day, undelivered mail is piling up at post offices a(...)
      Philp, Barry
      7/24/1965
      Stored MAIL is moved in the yard of the post office Terminal A and city delivery building yesterday during the 36-hour truce in the mail strike, now i(...)
      Stored MAIL is moved in the yard of the post office Terminal A and city delivery building yesterday during the 36-hour truce in the mail strike, now i(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      2/27/1975
      In a personal protest against mail the strike, 71-year-old pensioner pickets postal workers outside Toronto Post Office's Terminal One at Bay and Fron(...)
      In a personal protest against mail the strike, 71-year-old pensioner pickets postal workers outside Toronto Post Office's Terminal One at Bay and Fron(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      11/19/1975
      Reading other people's mail is all in the day's work for Marion Hubel, one of 21 persons in the Undeliverable Mail office at the Front Street Post Off(...)
      Reading other people's mail is all in the day's work for Marion Hubel, one of 21 persons in the Undeliverable Mail office at the Front Street Post Off(...)
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      10/22/1974
      Moving a mountain of mail started today as Toronto's 1,400 postmen and 2,200 sorters came back to work after a six-day walkout. Toronto Post Office is(...)
      Moving a mountain of mail started today as Toronto's 1,400 postmen and 2,200 sorters came back to work after a six-day walkout. Toronto Post Office is(...)
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      7/30/1965
      Mail Piles Up at the Post office and this mail truck driver looks as glum as the millions of Canadians now facing no mail, air travel problems and tie(...)
      Mail Piles Up at the Post office and this mail truck driver looks as glum as the millions of Canadians now facing no mail, air travel problems and tie(...)
      Beaty, Keith
      4/18/1974
      Mounting pile of mail at the main post office in Toronto is three times as bad as Christmas-any Christmas, a post office spokesman said last night. We(...)
      Mounting pile of mail at the main post office in Toronto is three times as bad as Christmas-any Christmas, a post office spokesman said last night. We(...)
      Lennon, Frank
      2/19/1974
      Automated sorting. Post office workers sit at consols marking mail with proper postal codes before the machine directs it on its way. The post office (...)
      Automated sorting. Post office workers sit at consols marking mail with proper postal codes before the machine directs it on its way. The post office (...)
      Griffin, Doug
      12/4/1975
      First post office Commemorated with new stamp, A replica of an 1844 Royal mail stage coach stands outside Toronto's first post office at 258 Adelaide (...)
      First post office Commemorated with new stamp, A replica of an 1844 Royal mail stage coach stands outside Toronto's first post office at 258 Adelaide (...)
      Bull, Ron
      2/16/1987
      Metro Christmas mail's a record, Metro Post offices are handling a record amount of Christmas mail, postal authorities said
      Metro Christmas mail's a record, Metro Post offices are handling a record amount of Christmas mail, postal authorities said
      Spremo, Boris
      12/12/1973
      Toronto parcels piling up. Hundreds of bags of mail and parcel post pile up in courtyard of Toronto post office's city delivery building. At top left,(...)
      Toronto parcels piling up. Hundreds of bags of mail and parcel post pile up in courtyard of Toronto post office's city delivery building. At top left,(...)
      Darrell, Dick
      8/30/1966
      Iain Ronald: Also held post of executive vice-president, but departs July 31.
      Iain Ronald: Also held post of executive vice-president, but departs July 31.
      Beaty, Keith
      5/28/1985