Drawing The Line
(N.Z.P.A.-Reuter —Copyright ) NEW YORK. May 11 A "cocktail strike” that hit the nation's busiest commuter railway last night is expected to be settled before the earlymorning rush period today. The strike hit the Long Island Railroad yesterday, tying up 20 to 30 per cent of the line's trains. The stoppage began a few hours after executives drank cocktails during a company luncheon, and two weeks after the
suspension of a diesel crew for drinking beer during a work break. A trainmen's union leader said: “It is an effort on our part to find out whether three of our men can be suspended for having a beer with their dinner while officials of the railroad can drink unhindered at their luncheon.” A court ordered the men to return to work and last night a union spokesman said the order would be obeyed.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19660512.2.129
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Press, Volume CV, Issue 31057, 12 May 1966, Page 19
Word count
Tapeke kupu
144Drawing The Line Press, Volume CV, Issue 31057, 12 May 1966, Page 19
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
Ngā mihi
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.
Log in