The full story is here.Roaring "strike, strike" thousands of transit workers authorized their leaders yesterday to call the first illegal, city-crippling walkout in 25 years.
NYCT/Union Members Authorize Strike
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Posted 11 December 2005 - 07:46 PM
New York, NY/Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 12 December 2005 - 12:37 PM
The full story is here.Making Plans for a Strike, and Waiting
Businesses and schools have prepared contingency plans. The city's Office of Emergency Management is completing an update of its strike-preparation plan from three years ago, including reversing the direction of traffic on certain bridge and tunnel lanes; designating high-occupancy-vehicle lanes; and setting up staging areas for taxicabs and vans.
One day after subway and bus workers voted to authorize a strike, riders were left wondering how they would respond if this week ended with the first transit walkout since 1980.
New York, NY/Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 13 December 2005 - 11:33 PM
The full story is here. Of note on page two of the article:New York City Sets Plan in Case of Transit Strike on Friday
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, warning that a transit strike would seriously hurt the city's economy, announced yesterday that only cars with at least four people would be allowed to enter Manhattan south of 96th Street on weekday mornings if bus and subway workers walk off the job on Friday.
Lower Manhattan to Midtown via New Jersey--now that's an unusual route! Hey, if it stops at 14th Street, I may have to give this train a try.As the deadline approaches, some commuter lines are making emergency plans. For example, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey plans to run PATH trains from the World Trade Center stop to 33rd Street in Midtown.
New York, NY/Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 13 December 2005 - 11:36 PM
The full story is here.Commuter Railroads Scramble for Contingency Plans
What may once have been true of a Porsche is certainly true of New York City's fleet of subway trains and buses: There is no substitute. But with a strike possible in just three days, officials of the region's other transit providers are scrambling to fill in some of the gaps.
New York, NY/Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 15 December 2005 - 08:44 PM
In addition, NYC public schools will begin classes two hours later than usual to give faculty and students extra time to navigate the expected transportation mess.
New York, NY/Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 15 December 2005 - 09:04 PM
Continue here.NYC Transit Contract Standoff Intensifies
NEW YORK (AP) -- With a midnight deadline looming, the city transit agency and its bus and subway workers struggled to reach a new contract Thursday and avert a strike against the nation's biggest transit system at the height of the Christmas rush.
As of midafternoon, the two sides remained far apart, and leaders of both groups expressed frustration as the prospect of New York's first transit strike in more than 25 years seemed to grow.
Transit workers are barred by state law from striking. The workers could lose two days' pay for every day on strike, and the city is seeking much larger damages against the union and its individual members.
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Posted 16 December 2005 - 10:09 AM
The full story is here.The New York City transit union called for a strike Friday against two private bus lines after a night of intense bargaining failed to produce a deal -- a development that does not immediately affect the subways that shuttle millions of people each day.
New York, NY/Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 17 December 2005 - 01:55 PM
The full story is here.New Transit Talks Set; Strike Is Put Off to Tuesday
Throwing New Yorkers off balance with fluid deadlines and rigid demands, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the transit workers' union broke off talks yesterday morning, leading the union to call a strike against two Queens bus companies on Monday and the whole system on Tuesday if no settlement is reached.
New York, NY/Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 17 December 2005 - 02:04 PM
The full story is here.New Yorkers Wait for Word on How They'll Get to Work
The day after the strike deadline came and went, the day after the city went to bed not knowing what to expect, it seemed yesterday that New Yorkers had finally started to take the threat of a transit strike seriously. And they were not happy.
New York, NY/Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 17 December 2005 - 06:18 PM
Continue here.NYC Transit Workers Resume Labor Talks
NEW YORK (AP) -- Transit workers and the agency that runs the city's subways and buses returned to the bargaining table Saturday to try to hammer out a contract in time to avoid a strike at the height of the Christmas rush.
Talks between the 33,000-member Transit Workers Union and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority resumed at a Manhattan hotel but broke off after less than four hours.
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