with scathing criticisms of its accuracy, Lowe himself visited the former in his city hall office, illustrating his discontent over the allegations. Moscoe later retracted most of his comments. Some saw the attack ad as the essential variable that legitimized the wildcat strike, while others saw it as the union's complacency over other contentious issues such as the state of janitorial and mechanical workers; an issue that was seen as less media friendly in comparison to the matter of operator safety. It had also been suggested that if the union moved forward with a similar Public Relations campaign before the wildcat strike, they would have received more sympathy from the public. Some also charge the union of foul play by not concentrating on the problems facing initial strikers themselves. The power struggle between management, the commissioners, and the union, eventually ended with Rick Ducharme's resignation on June 6, 2006. Ducharme had criticized the councilors on the TTC board for interfering with labour negotiations, as there were closed door meetings between TTC commissioners and the union which excluded management; management was the traditional negotiator with the union, not the board. At the end of 2007, the TTC dropped its $3 million lawsuit against the union, while the event was no longer referred to as a "wildcat strike", but an incident. See also Strike action Toronto Transit Commission 2008 TTC strike Toronto Transit Commission personnel References External links Amalgamated Transit Union Local 113 official website TTC official website The official website of the city of Toronto Toronto Transit Commission Wildcat Strike, 2006 Labour disputes in Ontario Toronto Transit Commission Toronto Transit Commission Wildcat Strike, 2006 Anarchism in Canada