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Millions riding on transit deal

admin — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 07:29:50 +0000

Just get it done.

With the contract between the transit workers union and the MTA about to expire, management and labor officials will try to hash out a new three-year deal this week.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has talked about budget gaps and a need to freeze wages for three years.

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Transit union honcho: ‘We won’t be bullied’

admin — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 16:15:30 +0000

Transit workers won’t be “bullied or blackmailed” into a no-raise contract, their union president vowed as labor negotiations began Tuesday.

TRANSIT WORKERS won’t be “bullied or blackmailed” into a no-raise contract, their union president vowed as labor negotiations began Tuesday.

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MTA still scrambling to get mass transit back

admin — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 20:50:57 +0000

As Irene flounced off to New England, New Yorkers waited with increasing frustration to learn when the city’s transit system will be back up and running. The Staten Island ferry was due to resume hourly service at 3 p.m.

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NYC transit begins rare shutdown as storm nears (AP)

admin — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 16:27:10 +0000

AP – The city’s mass transit system began its first shutdown brought on by a natural disaster Saturday, and the area’s five airports stopped accepting arriving flights as Hurricane Irene approached.

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Irene evacuations, transit shutdown ordered in NYC (AP)

admin — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 19:28:49 +0000

AP – In an unprecedented decision, nearly 300,000 people who live in flood-prone areas of New York City were ordered to evacuate Friday as Hurricane Irene sets its sights on the nation’s largest city. New Yorkers, many of them without cars, don’t have much time to get out of the way before the city shutters its subways, buses and trains on Saturday.

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NYC mass transit to shut down at noon

admin — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 18:13:50 +0000

After meeting with his cabinet Friday, Gov. Cuomo announced the MTA will begin a system-wide shutdown beginning at noon on Saturday.

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SF transit blocks cellphones to hinder protest (AP)

admin — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 09:22:22 +0000

AP – Transit officials blocked cellphone reception in San Francisco train stations for three hours to disrupt planned demonstrations over a police shooting.

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Cellphones blocked in SF to hinder transit protest (AP)

admin — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 06:52:56 +0000

AP – Transit officials said Friday that they blocked cellphone reception in San Francisco train stations for three hours to disrupt planned demonstrations over a police shooting.

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Recession hits transit budgets despite rising need (AP)

admin — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 13:33:06 +0000

AP – On a chilly evening last February, a commuter train bound for Worcester, Mass., broke down outside Boston, transforming passengers’ usual 80-minute commute into a four-hour nightmare.

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Terrorists still eye NYC mass transit systems

admin — Thu, 26 May 2011 07:12:08 +0000

Terrorists still fixate on mass transit, and the trains and ferries thousands of New Yorkers ride each day offer enticing targets, a counterterror veteran warned Congress Wednesday.

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