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                <text>Created for the Eaton's strike of 1984-1985. It calls on consumers to boycott the national chain in support of the retail workers on strike. Dennis McDermott, the head of the Canadian Labour Congress, cut his Eaton’s card on television to show support for the boycott.</text>
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