https://freerepublic.com/tag/transitunion/ en-us Thu, 22 Dec 2005 06:19:02 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1545187/posts NEW YORK - Threatened with huge fines and possible jail time, the city's transit union suggested Wednesday that it would be willing to end a strike that has shut down bus and subway service for two days — if a plan to change workers' pensions were dropped. The union's suggestion came as millions of New Yorkers again trudged to and from work — some walking miles, others riding bicycles and in-line skates in the morning's 24-degree chill. The contract covering 33,000 New York transit workers expired last week, and the union called the strike Tuesday morning despite a state law... AP on Yahoo https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1545187/posts#comment Thu, 22 Dec 2005 06:19:02 GMT