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NYC Transit Strike Ends, Union Agrees to Talks Bus and subway services resume after a three-day strike. The Transport Workers' Union and Metropolitan Transportation Authority agree to return to the negotiating table. Transit employeers are now working without a contract. At left, buses roll out of the Harlem bus depot.
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NYC Transit Strike Ends, Union Agrees to Talks

Bus and subway services resume after a three-day strike.

Friday

New York City Buses, Subways Back on Track

The subways and buses are operating at full strength again in New York City. The country's largest mass transit system was back on schedule by Friday's morning commute, following an end Thursday to the three-day strike.

New York City Buses, Subways Back on Track

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Thursday

NYC Transit Union to Move Toward Resuming Service

The Transport Workers Union has just agreed to move toward restoring bus and subway service in New York City after three days on strike. Mediators said this morning that the union would take steps to return to work and to the negotiating table. They also said a final agreement remains out of reach between the union and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

NYC Transit Union to Move Toward Resuming Service

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NYC Transit Workers Persevere in Strike

In the third day of a transit strike in New York City, picketing workers are holding the line for better pay, and full pension and health insurance contributions. The union's president has been ordered to appear in court and could be jailed for contempt.

NYC Transit Workers Persevere in Strike

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Transport Workers Union Leader Roger Toussaint

Beth Fertig of member station WNYC discusses the Transport Workers Union, its pugnacious leader, Roger Toussaint, and the various pension, pay and health care issues that are at the center of the New York City transit labor dispute.

Transport Workers Union Leader Roger Toussaint

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New York Transit Strike Ends; Services to Resume

Transit union leaders vote Thursday to end a three-day strike after state mediators worked out a deal to bring them back to the bargaining table. Union members will work without a new contract, and subway and bus services will resume as early as Thursday night.

New York Transit Strike Ends; Services to Resume

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Wednesday

Transit Strike Could Deliver Blow to NYC Economy

A strike by transit workers in New York City has entered its second day, and city officials warn that its economy could take a big hit. A state judge declared the strike illegal Tuesday, imposing a fine of $1 million a day on the transit union. The union has promised to appeal.

Transit Strike Could Deliver Blow to NYC Economy

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Labor Issues, History Behind New York Transit Strike

New York Times Reporter Steven Greenhouse discusses the motives and history behind the latest New York City transit worker strike. Greenhouse writes about labor and workplace issues.

Labor Issues, History Behind New York Transit Strike

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New Yorkers Cope with Second Day of Transit Strike

New York City's transit strike enters its second day, leaving millions of New Yorkers without transportation. People of all walks of life and businesses big and small are feeling the effects.

New Yorkers Cope with Second Day of Transit Strike

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The True Cost of the NYC Transit Strike

New York City officials say the ongoing mass transit strike could cost the city $400 million dollars a day. Mike Pesca investigates the true cost of the strike and the facts behind the official estimate.

The True Cost of the NYC Transit Strike

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Transit Union Uses Strike in Fight to Retain Benefits

Striking New York transit workers are trying to hold on to what most private-sector employees lost long ago: generous pensions that cost workers little. But shutting down the city's transit system just before Christmas carries huge risks. And winning over the public may not be easy.

Transit Union Uses Strike in Fight to Retain Benefits

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Tuesday

NYC Commuters Head to Work on Foot

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg joined many other commuters walking across the Brooklyn Bridge to work Tuesday morning. Those affected by the massive transit worker strike have been forced to walk, carpool or find other ways to get around.

NYC Commuters Head to Work on Foot

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Transit Strike Hobbles New York City

New York City's transit union called a strike Tuesday after failing to reach a deal with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. The strike left more than 7 million people in and around the city looking for alternative ways to get around. Beth Fertig of member station WNYC reports.

Transit Strike Hobbles New York City

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Fine Imposed on Striking N.Y.C. Transit Union

A state judge imposes a $1 million a day fine against the Transport Workers Union for defying a state law that prohibits strikes by public employees. Millions of commuters are struggling to get around New York City after subway and bus workers walked off the job early Tuesday morning.

Fine Imposed on Striking N.Y.C. Transit Union

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