Word: zych
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Nonetheless, the show of force had the desired effect. Across the country, locals that had not yet joined the strike voted to remain on the job; those that had walked out voted to return to work. Cleveland and Detroit capitulated; Chicago surrendered. Faced with an anti-strike injunction, Henry Zych, 56, president of the Chicago branch of the National Association of Letter Carriers, donned his blue-gray mailman's uniform for the first time in nine years and exhorted his men to return to work. Said Zych: "Washington has heard us. We have made our point...