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The 1966 New York City transit strike was an illegal strike in New York City called by the Transport Workers Union (TWU) and Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) after the expiration of their contract with the New York City Transit Authority (TA). [1] It was the first strike against the TA; pre-TWU transit strikes in 1905, 1910, 1916 and 1919 against the then-private transit companies had all failed. There had also been some partial TWU strikes in the 1930s, but no citywide actions. [2] The strike led to the passage of the Taylor Law, which redefined the rights and limitations of unions for public employees in New York. [3] Flag Seal Nickname: Big Apple Location Location in the state of New York Government Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Geographical characteristics Area City 1,214. ...
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The Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) is a labor union in the United States and Canada, representing over 180,000 workers in the transit system and other industries. ...
A contract is a promise or an agreement that is enforced or recognized by the law. ...
The New York City Transit Authority (also known as NYCTA, NYCT for New York City Transit or simply the TA for Transit Authority) is a New York State authority that operates buses and subway trains in New York City. ...
The Public Employees Fair Employment Act (more commonly known as the Taylor Law) refers to Article 14 of the New York State Civil Service Law, which defines the rights and limitations of unions for public employees in New York. ...
The strikers were led initially by the Irish-born Michael J. "Mike" Quill, the TWU's founder, who had been the union's president since its founding. The strike effectively ended all service on the subway and buses in the city, affecting millions of commuters. It was an ominous beginning for the mayoralty of John V. Lindsay, but is perhaps better remembered for the jailing of Quill and for his death only weeks afterwards. [1] Michael J. Quill (1905–1966) was one of the founders of the Transport Workers Union of America (TWU), a union founded by subway workers in New York City that expanded to represent employees in other forms of transit, and the President of the TWU for most of the first thirty...
The New York City Subway system, a large rapid transit system operated by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) in New York City, is one of the most extensive public transportation systems in the world. ...
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John Vliet Lindsay (November 24, 1921–December 19, 2000) was an American politician who served as a Congressman (1959-1966) and mayor of New York City (1966-1973). ...
Chronology
The twelve day strike began on New Year's Day; the last trains rolled at 8:02 am. An injunction to end the strike was issued later that day, under the 1947 Condon-Wadlin Act. [1] On January 2, the union reduced its economic demands, but the TA responsed only by getting a judge's order for the arrest of Quill and eight other union leaders (Quill, Matthew Guinan, Frank Sheehan, Daniel Gilmartin, Ellis Van Riper, and Mark Kavanagh of the TWU and John Rowland, William Mangus, and Frank Kleess of the ATU). The arrests were set for 1 a.m. on January 4. Quill was obviously in ill health, but immediately before his arrest he told reporters at the Americana Hotel, "The judge can drop dead in his black robes. I don't care if I rot in jail. I will not call off the strike." [1] For information on the movie, New Years Day, see New Years Day (film). ...
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Quill spent little time in jail: his poor health soon had him transferred to Bellevue Hospital and later to Mt. Sinai Medical Hospital, leaving TWU Secretary-Treasurer Doug MacMahon (a close associate of Quill's, with him since the union's founding) to lead the strike. On January 10, 15,000 picket picketed City Hall. Negotiations moved forward through mediators, with movement from both sides. At 1:37 A.M. on January 13, MacMahon announced that the union was recommending settlement. [1][2] This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...
January 10 is the 10th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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The package, worth over $60 million, included wages increases from $3.18 to $4.14 an hour, an additional paid holiday, increased pension benefits, and other gains. Gains averaged nine percent for the next eight years. Quill's health at first seemed to be improving; he was actually released from hospital January 25. He gave a speech to the vicotrious strikers and another press conference at the Americana, but the apparent improvement in his health was an illusion: he died on January 28. [1] [4] January 25 is the 25th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
January 28 is the 28th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Context Democratic New York City mayor Robert Wagner has granted collective bargaining rights to city employees in 1958. This led to the unions replacing Tammany Hall as the city's most powerful political force. Wagner formed a close alliance with the public-sector unions. [5] Reformist Republican John Lindsay won the November 1965 mayoral election by campaigining against the city's often corrupt political machines. With the transit contract set to expire the same day Lindsay would take office, the stage was set for confrontation. [6] The Democratic Party is one of two major political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. ...
Collective agreement is a labor contract between an employer and one or more unions. ...
Tammany Hall NYC Tammany Hall was the name given to the Democratic Party political machine that played a major role in New York City politics from the 1790s to the 1960s. ...
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Lindsay's "Protestant rectitude" [7] proved no match for the "fiery" [8] Quill. The true sources of power in New York became clear, a point that would be further driven home by 1967 and 1968 teachers strikes and a 1968 strike by sanitation workers. [9] By the time Lindsay ran for re-election in 1969 as the candidate of the Liberal Party of New York, he had made his peace with the public sector unions, and ultimately won their support. [10] The Liberal Party of New York is a minor American political party active only in the state of New York. ...
See also The 1980 New York City transit strike in New York City (often referred to as the Subway strike) was the first work stoppage at the New York City Transit Authority (a subsidiary of the New York MTA) since 1966. ...
A closed entrance to 45th Street station on the R Line in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. ...
Notes - ↑ a b c d Quill biography on the TWU web site.
- ↑ a The History of TWU on the TWU site.
- ↑ a The History of the Taylor Law on the UFT site.
- ↑ McMahon and Siegel, p. 99.
- ↑ McMahon and Siegel, p. 98–99.
- ↑ McMahon and Siegel, p. 99.
- ↑ McMahon and Siegel, p. 99.
- ↑ City Hall Library Notes, March 2005
- ↑ The History of the Taylor Law on the UFT site.
- ↑ McMahon and Siegel, p. 99.
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