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Airline Strike Becomes Election Issue in Washington
A four week airline walkout by machinists against Eastern National Northwest Trans World and United airlines evolved into a high stakes political struggle. The White House Johnson labor leaders and Congress debated how to end the dispute while voters watched closely. The deal collapsed when the union rejected the contract 17251 to 6587, keeping the strike alive and shaping the election year narrative.
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Neil Gilbride
Washington
Congress
America
White House
Great’ Airlines
Afl-Cio International Association of Machinists
Eastern
National
Northwest
Trans World
United Airlines
Labor Department
James J. Reynolds
Airlines
Labor
W. Willard Wirtz
Senate
P.L. Siemiller
William J. Curtin
Johnson
Sen
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N.y
Wirtz
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Kennedy
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Nicholas Katzenbach
Capitol Hill