On this day, 7 June 1971, New York bridge workers completely snarled the city’s traffic by leaving drawbridges open, the result of a rejection by New York State of their pension demands. This is a history of the strike: https://libcom.org/history/new-york-city-municipal-workers-strike-1971-steven-johns https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1733892023462607/?type=3