1971 NYPD work stoppage

NYPD strike The 1971 NYPD work stoppage occurred for five days between January 14 and January 19, 1971, when around 20,000 New York City police officers refused to report for regular duty.Sestanovich Clare A Short History of Police Protest https://www.themarshallproject.org/2015/01/06/a-short-history-of-police-protest#.YC0ZMUBYB The Marshall Project 16 November 2016 While officers maintained that they would continue to respond to serious crimes and emergencies, they refused to carry out routine patrolling duties, leading in some cases to as few as 200 officers being on the street in the city.Reuss Edward The Police Strike http://www.nycop.com/Jun_00/The_Police_Strike/body_the_police_strike.html nycop.com 16 November 2016Maeder Jay BLUE FLU Cops on strike, December 1970 - January 1971 CHAPTER 384 http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/blue-flu-cops-strike-december-1970-january-1971-chapter-384-article-1.911985 NY Daily News 16 November 2016 The police called in sick, a form of strike action known as blue flu, in this case circumventing Article 14 of the New York State Civil Service Law, a.k.a. the Taylor Law, which legally prevented police officers from striking.Definition of blue flu http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blue%20flu Merriam-Webster 16 November 2016New York State Public Employees Fair Employment Act — The Taylor Law http://www.goer.ny.gov/GOER_Information/Taylor_Law.cfm New York State Governor's Office of Employee Relations 16 November 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20130415105908/http://www.goer.ny.gov/GOER_Information/Taylor_Law.cfm 15 April 2013 dead The stoppage was partly a response to a lawsuit by the Sergeants Benevolent Association being struck down in court. That suit would have increased pay for both police and fire fighters, and entitled them to back pay up to the point of their last negotiated contract. More specifically in the 19th Precinct, where the first set of day-shift officers struck at E. 67th Street, another triggering event was the subpoenas from the Knapp Commission investigating corrupt practices.Jay Maeder BLUE FLU Cops on strike, December 1970 - January 1971 cHAPTER 384 https://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/blue-flu-cops-strike-december-1970-january-1971-chapter-384-article-1.911985 29 June 2020 New York Daily News 25 June 2001 The strike was ended on January 19, after a "stormy union voting session" at the Hotel New Yorker.New York City's Police End Strike Tampa Tribune 20 January 1971 During the six days, the department managed to deploy about 15% of its regular force, using a mix of senior officers and auxiliary forces. In contrast to the Boston Police Strike of 1919, and the Montreal strike of 1969, there was no surge of crime or unrest. The back-pay issue was eventually settled in the favor of the officers and firemen with a ruling by State Supreme Court judge Irving H. Saypol. For violating the Taylor Law, later that year each participating officer was docked about $417 ($3,135 in 2023 dollars) each.N.Y. Cops Told of Fines for Strike Chicago Tribune 10 June 1971 See also Police strike 2020 Atlanta police sickout References Category:Police strikes Category:1971 in New York City Category:1971 labor disputes and strikes Category:January 1971 in the United States