New York Transit Strike Prep NPR's Barbara Mantel reports on how New Yorkers are bracing -- and plotting -- in the event the city's bus and subway workers go on strike. The contract for the city's transport workers union ends Sunday, and workers are threatening a walkout if the city's transportation authority doesn't raise wages enough.

New York Transit Strike Prep

New York Transit Strike Prep

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NPR's Barbara Mantel reports on how New Yorkers are bracing — and plotting — in the event the city's bus and subway workers go on strike. The contract for the city's transport workers union ends Sunday, and workers are threatening a walkout if the city's transportation authority doesn't raise wages enough.

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