The plan has also been endorsed by labor unions, including the Teamsters, which represents drivers.

The teamsters' union represents drivers at his other trucking enterprises.

"I felt that there are four good, pro-labor candidates," said Mark Rosenthal, president of a local representing 3,500 park workers and drivers.

Five other unions, representing drivers, circulation workers, typographers, mailers, photo engravers and more than 900 editorial employees, had set a Thursday strike deadline.

The guild has never had the power of some other newspaper unions, like the unions representing drivers and pressmen, to close down production.

The Times is also negotiating with unions representing pressmen, drivers, stereotypers, paperhandlers, machinists and electricians.

The most militant voice has been the Taxi Workers Alliance, which represents drivers who lease medallions.

The union represents drivers who deliver the papers to newsstands and other outlets.

Two stones, evoking boulders in a rock garden or markers in a game of Go, represent drivers.

Founded in 1973, the organization represents professional drivers and actively works to affect state and federal legislation regarding the trucking industry.