Unions And The Dinkins Administration

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...the first black mayor of New York City and while he accomplished many things, he is perhaps best known for his support of labor unions. It seems that after Mayor Koch's progrowth economic stance was taken, the liberal coalition which supported social services under Mayor Lindsay's reign in the late 1960s cropped up again with the election of David Dinkins in 1989 (Weikart, 2001). Dinkins was in fact supported by most municipal unions, and endorsed redistributive policies (2001). While Dinkins was ideologically supportive of labor, his leadership was less than exemplary. In part, some of his failures are attributable to the fact that he took the helm during difficult fiscal times.
In response to the economic recession at the time, Mayor Dinkins balanced the budget by reducing some city services and many of his supporters found the move difficult to accept (Weikart, 2001). Dinkins had always supported union members and the slashing of city workersmany of whom belonged to unionswas unforgiveable. In part, this may account for why this otherwise successful mayor did not get reelected. In 1993, Dinkins...

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