60-Hour NY Transit Strike Ends
Thousands of New York City transit workers put down their picket signs and streamed into bus depots and railyards last night to restart the nation’s largest transit system, after leaders of their union agreed to a tentative framework for a new contract and ended a 60-hour strike that hobbled the city.
After three frustrating days of carpooling, biking, roller skating and trudging to work in frigid temperatures, New Yorkers reacted joyfully to the news that the city’s sprawling network of subways and buses would soon be running again. Transit officials said they expected the system to come haltingly back to life last night but be running at nearly full capacity by this morning’s rush.
Despite the end of the strike, a final settlement of the dispute remains to be reached. But officials hinted that in exchange for the union’s ending the strike, the authority would significantly scale back or even abandon its insistence on less-generous pensions for future workers. In return, the union would consider having its members pay more for health insurance.
The negotiations will now resume under an agreement not to speak with reporters.
Source: NY Times
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