In New York City, a strike by 28,000 doormen was averted due to compromises on both sides.
In my book Everybody Wins!, I advocated that if management and labor are to work toward a common good, they must bury the hatchet, give up on adversarial relations, and learn to work toward commonly shared goals. That is exactly what happened in New York City, one of the most union friendly cities in the US.
Right up to the time when the doormen’s union was to vote on a new contract, pundits predicted that there would be a massive strike and that other building employees would not cross picket lines.
Fair mindedness and intelligent compromise prevailed. The union accepted some of management’s goals, for management had made their goals acceptable to the union. The negotiators on both sides are to be commended for achieving a result where Everybody Wins!
