New York City and its suburbs last week saw the A.F.L.'s Teamsters Union in action, and it was not a pretty sight. For months, four of the union's locals had been dickering unsuccessfully with 16 large city bakeries for higher pay and a five-day week. Then 4,000 bakery truck drivers marched out. The strike cut off 80% of the wrapped white bread delivered to the city and its suburbs, but it did not affect the smaller independent bakeries, which went on delivering bread. So the strike did not pinch the public much,...
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