Transport strike in N.Y. over
NZPA-Reuter New York
An 11-day strike that left six million New Yorkers without buses or, underground trains has been called off. The strike leader, Mr Joyn Lawe, ordered his 33,000 workers back to work after transport chiefs agreed to raise their average $18,900 wages by 17 per cent over two years. The buses and trains have begun to run again after days of near chaos in which New Yorkers hitch-hiked, walked, skated and cycled to work, or took their own cars and caused huge traffic jams. Firms booked hotel rooms by the dozens for their staff, rented cots for sleeping in offices, and leased buses, vans* and even boats. It took 48 hours of nearcontinuous talking to reach the tentative agreement on a new contract — a compromise between union demands for a 25 per cent rise 1 and a 12 per. cent manage-i ment offer.
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Press, 14 April 1980, Page 9
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