Single unemployed stage a "Sitdown" strike in Ottawa -- Some of the more than 100 unmarried, unemployed who staged a "Sitdown" strike on the Sidewalk in front of the civic offices here to influence the Mayor to try to get the Federal Government to provide for them. When the Minister of Public Welfare at Toronto did not answer the telegraphic appeal of the Mayor, they were told to disperse and then marched away quietly. May 01, 1939. (Photo by ACME).
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Image Number: 5513-18767653Rights ManagedCredit Line:ACME/Sydney Morning Herald/SuperStockCollection:Sydney Morning Herald Contributor:ACME / Sydney Morning Herald Model Release:NoProperty Release:NoResolution:2463×1940