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	Mike Quill - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Michael J. Quill (1905–1966) was one of the founders of the Transport Workers Union of America (TWU), a union founded by subway workers in New York City that expanded to represent employees in other forms of transit, and the President of the TWU for most of the first thirty years of its existence.
		Quill attributed his bad hip variously to a bullet lodged there after he was shot by the Black and Tans or to an accident in which he "fell off a mountainside"; he also admitted to others that the condition had dated from his childhood.
		Quill was also prone to exploiting his Irish background, particularly when in front of the heavily Irish-American membership of the TWU; as more than one observer noted his brogue got thicker the longer he was away from Ireland and particularly when he was on stage or in front of a microphone.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mike_Quill (2257 words)

	About TWU: History: Presidents: Michael J. Quill
		Born in the village of Gortloughera in Kilgarvan, County Kerry, in 1905, Mike Quill was nurtured by the Irish revolt against British occupation.
		Reflecting on those years, Mike Quill once recalled, "we were no experts in the field of labor organization, but we had something in common with our fellow workers -- we were all poor -- we were all overworked -- we were all victims of the 84 hour week.
		Mike Quill listened to the announcement of the settlement from his room in the hospital.
	www.twu.org /about/history/presidents/quill.html (1098 words)

	Ireland's OWN History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Mike Quill and other politicised immigrants began to associate in the Irish Workers’ Clubs that had been established in New York by James Gralton, the only Irishman ever to be deported from his native land because of his political activities.
		Mike Quill was a Kerryman who was never afraid to court unpopularity by fearlessly tackling any anti-Semitism encountered among his fellow-Irishmen.
		In 1961, when Quill received a letter allegedly written by twenty-five TWU airline workers in Tennessee protesting against the union’s support for the civil rights desegregation campaign, his immediate response was to invite the civil rights leader Martin Luther King to address that year’s union convention.
	irelandsown.net /connolly12.html (1890 words)

	Quill (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The sharp barbed spines found on porcupines, also known as "quill pigs"
		Quill (band), a band that played at the Woodstock festival
		The Quill is a student newspaper from Brandon University in Manitoba, Canada
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Quill_(disambiguation) (127 words)

	Irish Abroad - Irish American News
		One of eight kids born on a farm, Quill arrived in the U.S. in the tumultuous late 1920s, after Ireland had been wracked by war and the U.S. was facing a Great Depression in the near future.
		Quill (who would have turned 100 this past September) was lucky enough to get a job during the depression as a ticket agent, working seven days a week for low wages.
		The feisty Quill, with his trademark (and some suggested, quite exaggerated) Kerry brogue, was said to strike fear into the likes of John Lindsay, New York’s reformist mayor.
	www.irishabroad.com /news/irishinamerica/columnists/Sidewalks/irish-americas-past-dec1405.asp (702 words)

	Commentary Magazine - Lindsay, Quill, & the Transit Strike (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		...Over the weekend, Quill and the other leaders of the union were served with a court order, returnable on Monday at 2:00 P.M., requiring them to show cause as to why they should not be punished for ignoring the injunction...
		...Quill's blustering style colored and indeed overwhelmed everything, even the case that could be made for the economic demands of the union...
		...Shortly after midnight Quill told reporters that he was going to bed and the TV audience that the strike was on...
	www.commentarymagazine.com /Summaries/V41I3P52-1.htm (7296 words)

	Michael P. Martin: Organizational Communications (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		A strategic focus and an exceptional array of communication experience are the foundation of Mike Martin’s record of building employee alignment, engagement and trust, particularly in organizations undergoing change.
		A recipient of the IABC Gold Quill Award, Mike is a results-oriented professional who works effectively with corporate executives and all levels of employees.
		Mike received his B.A. from Duquesne University, where he was named Outstanding Male Journalism Graduate.
	home.comcast.net /~michael.p.martin/background.html (287 words)

	About TWU: History: Presidents: Matthew Guinan
		MATTHEW GUINAN, who with founding President Michael J. Quill, played a pivotal role in the development and rapid expansion of TWU from its roots in the New York City bus and subway system to a major national labor organization representing thousands of workers in all the transport industries, was the union's second International President.
		Guinan's greatest challenge did not come until early 1966 when after the bitter New York City transit strike, President Mike Quill, the driving force behind the union since its founding in 1934 and a revered, idolized figure among the membership, died at age 60 and Mr.
		Father Kelly, who also counted Mike Quill among his friends, brought a smile to everyone's face when he said that "Mattie is on his way to heaven to meet Mike Quill and God, in that order."
	www.twu.org /about/history/presidents/guinan.html (1005 words)

	village voice > news > Underground Rumblings by Tom Robbins
		As a youth, Michael J. Quill fought the feared British Black and Tans in his native Ireland until he was forced to flee to America.
		His job was to pursue grievances, and he brought such zeal to the job that he quickly ran afoul of transit officials who responded with the same kind of overkill that had gotten them in trouble in the past.
		Eddie Creighton, whose father worked before him in transit, quickly chimed in: "Mike Quill ran this union when he was fired," said Creighton, as heads nodded in recognition at the name.
	www.villagevoice.com /news/0047,robbins,20034,5.html (2226 words)

	The Transit Strike in New York City by Gary North (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The strike was illegal under the state law, just as the present one is. Mike Quill, the head of the union and one of its founders in 1934, was ordered by the judge to return with his union to operate the transportation system.
		Quill responded to the press: "The judge can drop dead in his fl robes.
		Quill and the TWU were trying to extract a portion of the city's share of its monopoly returns.
	www.lewrockwell.com /north/north421.html (871 words)

	ProgFest 1 - Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Mike McLatchey found Hybris the best album recorded in the last 15 years, and other writers, reviewers, and fans were heaping similar praise on this young band.
		Quill certainly set the mood with the majestic horns they began their show with.
		Quill remained with the same majestic, symphonic style for the entire hour-plus that they played.
	www.expose.org /archive/exp01/ProgFest1Review.html (4367 words)

	A red-baiting attack at the US Transport Workers Union convention
		Mike Quill, the TWU’s first president, was a supporter of the Stalinist Communist Party (CP) and one of the founders of the TWU in the late 1930s.
		Quill participated in the red-baiting tactics that the union bureaucracy was to utilize throughout the country.
		As a result, the CP members were driven out of the transit union and the labor bureaucracy nationwide warmly embraced Mike Quill as one of its own.
	www.wsws.org /articles/2001/dec2001/twu-d06_prn.shtml (1050 words)

	The Syllabus
		Using a collage-like technique that mixes times and genres - flashing forward and backward in a narrative that is, by turns, confessional, meditative, lyrical and comic - The Syllabus traces the crooked path by which one student makes his way through, and beyond, the proscribed syllabus.
		Now he's accepted quite the challenge in attempting to marry the techniques of collage and the lower-case nature of e-mail writing into a sustained novel.
		Mike Barnes is the author of Calm Jazz Sea, shortlisted for the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award, and Aquarium, winner of the 1999 Danuta Gleed Award for best first book of stories by a Canadian.
	www.sentex.net /~pql/syllabus.html (602 words)

	Serotta Competition Bicycle Forums - Stems and Stem angles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Why is it in the long gone era of steel bikes and quill stems it seemed like 73 or -17 was standard.
		With threadless stem and carbon steerers, the spacer limit is 3-4 cm, which is equivalent to the conservative 2-3cm quill exposure.
		One thing that is often overlooked when changing stem height either by raising the quill or using spacers is the fact that the stem gets closer to the rider, reducing reach as it's raised.
	www.serotta.com /forum/showthread.php?t=6578 (817 words)

	Fruvous Quill #2
		This quill is different than the others in that the text is all over the page in no particular order.
		Each member of the band contributed their own section to this Quill, with Mike's section being pictures and sentences placed all over the sheet.
		And I don't need to remind you that Mike is Spiderman, that he was bitten by a similar spider under similar circumstances, many years ago.
	www.fruvous.com /quill2.html (888 words)

	The Village Voice: Power Plays
		Quill was the now-legendary transit union leader who staged his own dramatic defiance of a judge's back-to-work order in the union's 1966 subway strike, suggesting in his native Kerry brogue that the judge could "drop dead in his fl robes."
		Others who took the stage were Brian McLaughlin of the city's Central Labor Council who said his member unions had pledged a million-dollar fund to help the TWU should it have to shoulder strike penalties.
		The transit workers were one of the few unions to endorse Democrat Freddy Ferrer in the mayoral race this fall and the significance of their alienation from Mike Bloomberg's City Hall was lost on no one.
	www.villagevoice.com /blogs/powerplays/archives/002165.php (943 words)

	Flytalk - Sparkle quill caddis pupa
		This is a pattern that is often attributed to Gary Lafontaine, but the originator is actually Mike Mercer.
		This was not a swipe at Mike, as I have seen his flies and think he is very talented.
		If Mike came up w/ it first, than all I can say is "Thanks", I have been using the pattern since '76 and it is great, my "go to" fly.
	www.flyfishingforum.com /flytalk4/printthread.php?t=9665 (863 words)

	July 2001: NY Transit Workers Rally Against Health Cuts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Toussaint warned the transit authority, "The union of Mike Quill is back in business!" The reference to the legendary first president of Local 100, Mike Quill, drew especially loud applause.
		Quill, who was close to the Communist Party in the early years, went on to lead the highly successful 1966 transit strike.
		The health benefits crisis is seen as part of a sell-out contract negotiated in December 1999 by the despised former Local 100 leadership.
	www.socialistaction.org /news/200107/nytw.html (1015 words)

	Fly Fishing Only Forums - What was that mayfly - was it a ...........
		I got 48 degrees when I tested the water and 48 to 53 degrees is the normal range or Quill Gordons.
		However, the next day I noticed something else that made me think they were Quill Gordons.
		Even though I never did catch one of the mayflies I’m sure they were Quill Gordons not Hendrickson.
	flyfishingonly.net /forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2192 (745 words)

	American Irish Historical Society Events List
		Recent talk of a NYC transit strike stirs memories of "Red Mike" Quill, the legendary founding leader of the U.S. Transport Workers Union (TWU).
		Quill was a pioneer in public sector unionism, sat on the NYC Council for four terms on the American Labor Party ticket, and was an indefatigable advocate for American working people.
		He was also quite adept at deploying the symbols and rhetoric of Irish Republicanism, and was once closely tied with, and ultimately set himself free from, the U.S. Communist Party.
	www.aihs.org /events.html?month=3&year=2003 (727 words)

	Irish Democrat : Features : Following in the footsteps of Connolly
		IT IS indeed a great honour that we have among us this evening a delegation from the Transport Workers Union of America who are visiting the birthplace of their union -- south Kerry.
		Working conditions were horrendous, with Mike often required to be in attendance for four hours without pay until work might finally become available, and then condemned to a slave-driving schedule -- 12 hours a night, seven nights a week.
		On the occasion of Quill’s death one speaker paid the following tribute: “Mike Quill was a fighter for decent things all his life -- Irish independence, labour organisation and racial equality.
	www.irishdemocrat.co.uk /features/quill (1976 words)

	Quinnts 101 Extremesters
		Author’s Notes: Mike Yamiolkoski is entirely to blame for the idea of turning one Quinn into five, posting the original idea in a PPMB thread on new fanfic ideas in July 2002.
		Keep in mind as you read that none of the Quinnts are identical to Quinn; even Quinn Louise represents a fragment of what the Quinn we know had the potential to be, so she is identified with a double name to separate her from the Quinn of the regular “Daria” series.
		QUILL KELLY: [mumbles under her breath] And you in the weirdo pen next to it.
	www.outpost-daria.com /fanfic/quinnts_101.html (6706 words)

	Moonbattery: New York City Stews in Its Moonbattery
		Quill began a predictable cycle: Every few years, during the critical Christmas shopping and tourist season, the TWU threatens to shut down New York if officials don't acquiesce to its demands.
		The union first struck on New Year's Day, 1966, John Lindsay's first day as mayor, demanding a 30% wage hike, a four-day, 32-hour work week and retirement after 25 years service.
		Posted by: Mike's America at December 23, 2005 02:26 AM Post a comment
	www.moonbattery.com /archives/2005/12/new_york_city_s.html (1026 words)

	The Sugar Quill
		George rugby-tackles Ron to the floor while Fred grabs the mike.
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	www.sugarquill.net /read.php?storyid=142&chapno=1 (513 words)

	blogrunner: In Final Hours, M.T.A. Took Big Pension Risk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		I guess that vouched for my membership in the socialist workers movement that Quill had been active in since his youth, so Mike Quill invited me to join him and his crew at lunch, at a neighborhood restaurant on 14th Street that served heaping portions of the best corned beef and cabbage I’ve ever had.
		At the table, Mike Quill explained to me how government works: It’s all just politics among friends, all out to make their constituents happy, and to hell with the beancounters, and tories, and other allusions to old enemies and battles.
		He was a key supporter of Robert F. Wagner, Jr.'s campaign for mayor of New York and became a lightning rod, based on his radical past, for Wagner's Republican opponent and unfavorable press attention.
	annotatedtimes.blogrunner.com /snapshot/D/1/0/43A96E4C0188310A (2064 words)

	New York Daily News - City News - How the TWU's 'victory' quickly vanished (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The anti-contract forces focused on the provision that called for workers to kick in for their health insurance.
		The dissidents evoked the memory of Mike Quill, a co-founder of the union who shut down the city in the 1960s, against Toussaint - who ironically did the same thing last month.
		Toussaint was no Mike Quill, they argued in bus depots, train yards and subway stations.
	www.nydailynews.com /news/local/story/384534p-326364c.html (440 words)

	NYO - News Story 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Toussaint—who speaks softly, with a lilting accent—was his most famous predecessor, “Red” Mike Quill, who was as garrulous as Mr.
		Quill is best remembered for shutting down the city for 10 days in 1966, but part of his myth centered on his self-proclaimed membership in the Irish Republican Army during the Irish war of independence from 1919 to 1921, and the subsequent Irish civil war.
		Kasinitz, “both in the uncompromising militancy and the fact that, just like Mike Quill drew on this I.R.A. background, Toussaint certainly ideologically draws on the militancy that comes out of that Caribbean Black Power struggle background.”
	www.observer.com /property_newsstory2-2.asp (642 words)

	MABSTOA DIVISION 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		July 13, 2000 is a date that will be forever marked in the history of the Transport Workers Union.
		It was that great human being who paved the way for the superior wages, benefits, and absolute job security that Local 100 members and their loved ones enjoy today.
		Right now, every bus that is garaged at the new "MJQ" depot is being outfitted with a logo that carries a portrait of Mike Quill.
	www.twu-100.org /departments/mabstoa_div1 (472 words)

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