Word: trolleymen
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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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...