Tribute Video Honors Quill, 1966 Strike

TWU Local 100 honored founder Mike Quill and the groundbreaking 1966 strike, which shattered the consensus at the time that public employees could not strike. Using recently discovered archival audio from radio station WINS as well as from the moving memorial for Mike Quill which took place at the Manhattan Center in February of 1966, we re-created the tense atmosphere around the 1966 strike, called by Quill on New Year's Day just hours before John V. Lindsay was inaugurated as Mayor of the City of New York. We include the iconic audio of Quill telling the judge who enjoined the strike to "drop dead in his black robes." We follow the recap of the strike with a portrait of Mike Quill as described by mourners at his funeral service. Enjoy the video -- this is one for the ages.