Word: trolleymen
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Next morning 700 drivers, mostly from the Cardenas Club, gathered at the Trolleymen's Alliance hall for an indignation meeting. Just as things were boiling nicely, Mexico City's nail-hard traffic chief, General Antonio Gómez Velasco, drew up outside with two heavily armed riot squads. "Fifteen minutes to come out and get back to work," the cops warned over a portable loudspeaker. "We are protecting the public of Mexico!" When the cabbies stood firm, the police let fly with tear-gas projectiles...
Christmas Present. On Christmas Eve, grinning conductors on Hong Kong's double-decker trolleys politely refused to accept fares. Said they suavely: "It's a Christmas present from the company." This was the trolleymen's way of warning their employers that they were deadly serious in their demand for a 50?-a-day wage increase. The employers were deadly serious, too. After four days of free rides for the populace, during which penniless coolies sprawled delightedly about the upper decks (first class), the management sacked the conductors, halted service...
...dozen individualistic tram conductors, members of the small Passenger Workers' Union. They had staunchly refused to join the big Transport & General Workers' Union. Just as the Labor Government lifted wartime restrictions on the transport and mining industries, the big union issued a growling ultimatum to the trolleymen's employer, the London Passenger Transport Board: either the twelve must be fired, or all of London's buses would stop. The Board capitulated. But the Passenger Workers' Union forthwith prepared to fight for an injunction against the men's dismissal. Unless the injunction was granted, thousands...
Transit has been one of his biggest headaches. Last week's strike was typical. The trolleymen's wages were fixed in the spring by the city's supervisors and, according to the city charter, would have to stand for one year. The trolleymen argued that Lapham should declare an emergency and boost their wages by edict. Although he saw some justice in their wage demands, he refused to jump through that legal loophole...
After four days of strike and profane telephone calls to Lapham's listed home number, the trolleymen went back to work. This week the brakemen on the cable cars were once again clanging "shave-and-a-haircut" up & down Nob Hill...