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N.Y. hopes talks head off transit walkout
Associated Press
Published December 16, 2005
NEW YORK - 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 Thursday night, 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.
New Yorkers were left wondering how they could manage without the system, which serves 7-million riders a day.
Many companies were encouraging employees to telecommute or work outside the city, and some were arranging buses and ferries for their workers.
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