Word: subway
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...genuinely happy during the Christmas weeks are the department store owners, who, we firmly believe, have been the motivating force behind the entire affair. A few days ago we were almost happy ourselves as we watched Mr. Macy and Mr. Gimbel frown their way through the New York City subway strike (there weren't enough kiddies around to keep their scores of Santa Clauses busy). But with the passing of the Motormen's Benevolent Association, Macy's reports that it never had it so good, so there...
...Subway Strike Ends...
...YORK, Dec. 16--The worst subway strike in New York's history ended tonight, after eight days of vast transit confusion above and below ground. It had persisted in defiance of state law and court order...
...strikers also were promised there would be no mass reprisals without an impartial hearing, even though state law provides for the discharge of subway strikers...
...want to bust a strike boys, I'll tell you what to do. Go down to New York City (it's a wonderful town) where the straw boss is the city and the man in the shiny white domed building. If you go down to the subways and keep the trains from stopping, they'll give you a twentyfive per cent bonus and if you work a little longer they'll give you time and a half. If you keep your hand on the throttle and your eye on the track, you can forget the men who're walking back...