Teamsters labor standoff versus presidential authority: bargaining pressure and threats rise until the President exercises extraordinary executive leverage to break the deadlock.
Teamsters labor standoff versus presidential authority: bargaining pressure and threats rise until the President exercises extraordinary executive leverage to break the deadlock.
Events in This Arc
Leo McGarry storms into a deadlocked Roosevelt Room negotiation, shattering the performative calm of management and labor. He forcefully rebukes both sides — corralling Bobby Russo's anger and cutting through …
At a deadlocked bargaining table, Teamsters rep Bobby Russo flatly refuses any policy that would weaken the union while management’s Seymour Little responds with a short, stubborn 'I disagree.' The …
President Bartlet storms into the stalled Roosevelt Room negotiation, slamming the door to cut through exhaustion and posturing. He sizes up the combatants with casual questions—hungry, tired—then abruptly reasserts control: …