NYC Transit System Shut Down By Strike

More than 30,000 New York City transit workers go on strike early Tuesday, shutting down nation's largest public transit system.

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December 20, 2005, 7:00 AM PST

By Chris Steins @planetizen

"With the strike announcement, members of the Transit Workers Union (TWU) began shutting down the city's trains, buses and subways, affecting more than 7 million people who use the system on a typical day.

City officials have said a transit strike could cost the city as much as $400 million a day.

...Hours before the strike, Toussaint said transit workers were prepared to lower their wage increase demands to below 6 percent if the MTA agreed to reduce the number of disciplinary actions launched against transit workers and grant other concessions."

FULL STORY: Strike shuts down NYC transit system

Tuesday, December 20, 2005 in CNN

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