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...previous years negotiations between the New York City Transit Authority and the Transport Workers Union have been deadlocked to the final hour. But Mayor Wagner, working closely with his city mediator, Theodore W. Kheel, and the president of the TWU, Michael J. Quill, was able to find a last minute solution...
During the period leading up to the strike deadlines of the past, Quill was always able to increase the urgency of the negotiations by battering the negotiators with the threat of a walkout. This was his bargaining strength. He entered the recent negotiations with the same militancy. But no matter how militant and emotional Quill has appeared in public, the observers said that he has always been rational and skillful at the bargaining table. In this instance, however, he has appeared irrational and obstinate in asking such a high settlement, a $180 million package...
Another observer, though recognizing union pressure, believes that Quill was not motivated by a challenge to his leadership but by a desire to obtain one last generous settlement before he retires Another observer said that Quill was determined to retire in style and felt a strike was the way to accomplish this...
Mayor John V. Lindsay, unlike his predecessor, is inexperienced as both a mayor and as a labor negotiator, and does not have the benefit of the "understanding" that has existed between Quill and the Democratic mayors since the inauguration of William F. O'Dwyer...
...already difficult situation was further complicated by a personality clash between Lindsay and Quill. There is more to the rift than Quill's name-calling and Lindsay's condesending words to Quill. One source believes that Quill was out to show Lindsay "who was boss," possibly because the new mayor was altering the traditional methods of negotiation between the city and the union...