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[NickG]

From the New York Times, 12/19/05, 7:05 PM:

Union Chief Warns of Citywide Transit Walkout Tonight

As workers began a strike at two Queens bus lines today, the president of the transit union warned that if the Metropolitan Transportation Authority failed to make significant concessions, the entire union would walk off the job at midnight.

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[NickG]

From the New York Times, 12/20/05, 2:19 AM:

Transit Union Calls for Strike in Divided Vote

Leaders of the transit workers' union rejected the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's latest contract offer last night, and voted to call a strike shortly after 1 a.m., according to two members of the union's executive board. But the vote to call a strike was not unanimous, and so for at least a half an hour after the formal vote, union leaders remained divided on whether to actually proceed with the walkout.

Adding to the confusion, the president of the Transport Workers Union of America, the parent union for the city's transit workers, told the local executive board he could not support a strike, the two members said.

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