Word: settlement
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...time Lindsay became mayor it was unrealistic to expect that a settlement, considering so many factors previously disregarded, and satisfactory to all, could be hammered out before the strike deadline...
Some of the people contacted attribute this change in behavior to pressure from within the union for a settlement more generous than the one negotiated two years ago which met opposition when brought up for TWU ratification...
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...
According to one source, Lindsay wanted to call a halt to settlements on the basis of the "understandings." He felt that because of it many inequities, for example wage differentials, of the previous contracts were swept under the table. To avoid this he wanted to arrive at a settlement through open collective bargaining...
These are the factors, a new mayor, a belligerent labor leader, and the lack of resources to support a satisfactory settlement which combined to make a settlement before the deadline a near impossibility