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The over 30,000 transit workers in New York that went on strike Tuesday are going back to work effective immediately Thursday.
Negotiations between the Transport Workers Union and the Metropolitan Transit Authority will continue with talks regarding requested contract modifications of strikers including better pay and more affordable health care. Mayor Michael Bloomberg said reactivating the transit system would take nearly a day to complete.
The strike left an estimated 7 million commuters to walk to work, school, and other destinations during this busy holiday season under the shroud of freezing winter temperatures.
On Tuesday, the state Supreme Court ruled that the transit strike was illegal and ordered that the Transport Workers Union that encouraged that the Union be fined 1 million dollars each day until the strike ceased. In addition, Michael Cardozo, City Corporation Counsel, threatened to fine every transit worker on strike three days of pay.
The three day long affair, the first transit strike since 1980, placed great burdens and restrictions on commuters-both state residents and tourists. In light of the holiday season, local officials stated that New York would lose around 500 million dollars a day as long as the strike continued. Bloomberg warned, "the economic consequences of the strike range from severe to devastating, depending on the business."
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Negotiations between the Transport Workers Union and the Metropolitan Transit Authority will continue with talks regarding requested contract modifications of strikers including better pay and more affordable health care. Mayor Michael Bloomberg said reactivating the transit system would take nearly a day to complete.
The strike left an estimated 7 million commuters to walk to work, school, and other destinations during this busy holiday season under the shroud of freezing winter temperatures.
On Tuesday, the state Supreme Court ruled that the transit strike was illegal and ordered that the Transport Workers Union that encouraged that the Union be fined 1 million dollars each day until the strike ceased. In addition, Michael Cardozo, City Corporation Counsel, threatened to fine every transit worker on strike three days of pay.
The three day long affair, the first transit strike since 1980, placed great burdens and restrictions on commuters-both state residents and tourists. In light of the holiday season, local officials stated that New York would lose around 500 million dollars a day as long as the strike continued. Bloomberg warned, "the economic consequences of the strike range from severe to devastating, depending on the business."
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