Statement on Teacher's Strike

The NYPR Archive Collections | Jan 1, 2000

Mayor John V. Lindsay reports on the third teacher's strike since the fall season began and the recommendations and actions he is planning to take in response. He acknowledges the racial slurs that are being slung by extremists on both sides and defends the reputation of Albert Shanker, leader of the United Teachers Federation, "as decent and honorable a man as we have in this city," but laments that negotiations so far have been unsuccessful.

Lindsay announces that 20% of police officers are threatening to report sick and remarks on the threat to the safety of all New Yorkers. He lays out his recommendations for moving forward, such as closing Junior High School #271 and urges Shanker to begin negotiations with himself and labor mediator Theodore Kheel.

Audio courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives WNYC Collection

WNYC archives id: 150885
Municipal archives id: T7090

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