The night before, he had talked about staging a strike.
But that did not stop transit workers from staging an 11-day strike in 1980.
He got his chance to start when many veteran players staged a strike during the 1974 exhibition season.
Trade unions are spreading: teachers staged a long strike last year.
The players promptly showed their resolve, staging a 13-day strike.
On March 12, they announced that they would stage a strike.
To prevent them being expressed, you stage a pre-emptive strike.
The workers have been without a contract since January and the union's two locals staged strikes earlier this year.
This week the crusade staged a general strike that all but closed down business, industry and transportation.
Some workers staged brief strikes today as a warning to the Communists.