[2] The mayor adamantly opposed labor organization, and by August 16, the city was already running ads to hire replacements for workers who would be fired.

Garbage trucks were moved to the National Guard Armory, and patrolmen were stationed at the Line Street facility where union organizers encouraged workers not to report to work.

[3] After one week, the protestors increased their activities and picketed at the Cannon Street firehouse to oppose firemen's doing the sanitation workers’ jobs during the strike.

[12] He was concerned about negotiations because of failures by the Medical University and County Hospital to comply with the settlement of the nurses strike earlier that year.

[13] The strike ended on October 29, 1969, with the City paying $2 per week more, rehiring all strikers with seniority rights preserved, and creating a grievance procedure that did not involve the mayor.