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Garment workers demand pay raise, Parading down Spadina Ave
Garment workers demand pay raise, Parading down Spadina Ave

Garment workers demand pay raise, Parading down Spadina Ave

Date9/30/1974
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  • Garment workers demand pay raise; Parading down Spadina Ave.; the cloakmakers' section of the International Ladies Garment Workers' Union protest the action of their employers in the garment industry who have refused to give them an increase in wages to c
  • Garment workers demand pay raise, Parading down Spadina Ave
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Original Toronto Star caption: Garment workers demand pay raise; Parading down Spadina Ave.; the cloakmakers' section of the International Ladies Garment Workers' Union protest the action of their employers in the garment industry who have refused to give them an increase in wages to c
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0011729F
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      About 1,500 Members of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union demontrated yesterday in the heart of the garment district on Spadina Ave., to urge limits on clothing imports. [Incomplete]
      About 1,500 Members of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union demontrated yesterday in the heart of the garment district on Spadina Ave., to urge limits on clothing imports. [Incomplete]
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      Brazao, Dale
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