New York Transit Activists' Account: The Strike and Beyond
Against The Current vol. 121
Finkel, David
http://www.solidarity-us.org//node/28
Date Written: 2006-03-01
Publisher: Against The Current
Year Published: 2006
Resource Type: Article
Cx Number: CX13219
ATC interviews Josh Fraidstern and Jaime Veve. The transit strike that shut down New York City for three days in December dramatically showed the power of labor, yet ended after three days by order of the Transport Workers Union (TWU) Local 100 leadership. This was followed by a rank and file rejection of the proposed contract, to universal amazement—with the result that the critical issues of the strike remain unresolved.
