New York- Members of the Transport Workers Union (TWU) cast unanimous vote to strike on 1/1/64 during meeting at Manhattan Center here 12/29. The threatened strike would shut down bus and subway service for the first time in New York City history. The union is seeking a 32-hour, four-day work week and 15 per cent pay increase for it's 28,000 Transit Authority (TA) workers.
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New York- Members of the Transport Workers Union (TWU) cast unanimous vote to strike on 1/1/64 during meeting at Manhattan Center here 12/29. The threatened strike would shut down bus and subway service for the first time in New York City history. The union is seeking a 32-hour, four-day work week and 15 per cent pay increase for it's 28,000 Transit Authority (TA) workers.

United Press International · [ca. December 1963]

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[Information from item housing] Labor: Unions: Mass.

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