BY TOM HENRY
TOLEDO BLADE
"Thirty years ago, Toledo’s mayor and its City Council members were at an impasse with the city’s police and fire unions — much as they are today.
Back then, the disputes were over pay raises, benefits, and the number of police officers and firefighters assigned to each crew.
The impasse led to what many people viewed as an illegal walkout of 3,400 municipal employees on the morning of July 1, 1979. It occurred during the era of runaway inflation at the end of President Jimmy Carter’s administration, months after Chicago firefighters and Memphis police had gone on strike."
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TOLEDO BLADE
"Thirty years ago, Toledo’s mayor and its City Council members were at an impasse with the city’s police and fire unions — much as they are today.
Back then, the disputes were over pay raises, benefits, and the number of police officers and firefighters assigned to each crew.
The impasse led to what many people viewed as an illegal walkout of 3,400 municipal employees on the morning of July 1, 1979. It occurred during the era of runaway inflation at the end of President Jimmy Carter’s administration, months after Chicago firefighters and Memphis police had gone on strike."
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