Striking NYC Transit Workers To Go Back To Work

A mediator reports that transit union leaders have agreed to allow striking employees to return to work while negotiations continue.

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December 22, 2005, 1:00 PM PST

By Chris Steins @planetizen

"Transit Workers Union Local 100 President Roger Toussaint is expected to present the recommendation to his executive board at 1 p.m. Thursday.

If the board accepts the recommendation, the union would return to work, but the timetable for getting public transportation back online was unclear.

...The transit workers went on strike early Tuesday, shutting down the nation's largest public transportation system and creating hardships for more than 7 million commuters. The transit strike is the first in the city since 1980. (A map for the transit strike)."

FULL STORY: Mediator: Transit strike leaders agree to a return to work

Thursday, December 22, 2005 in CNN

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