London Mayor Boris Johnson urged the RMT to negotiate with LU to avert a strike.
BBC: Tube workers to strike over pay
It was introduced in 1986--ostensibly to avert a strike by dock workers over the shift to containerisation.
ECONOMIST: Shipping in Japan
Film and TV writers resolved to put down their pens and take up picket signs after last-ditch talks failed to avert a strike.
NPR: Film and TV Writers Go on Strike
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