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Subways, Buses Operating Again in New York
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?ctl=104A5E0:3919ACA New York's
Transport Workers Union voted Thursday to send its 33,000 members back
to work without a contract





Commuters enter New York's Times Square subway station for the first
time after strikeSubways and buses in New York are operating again
Friday, hours after the end of a three-day transit strike that threw
the largest U.S. city into chaos.

City officials say there will be a gradual resumption of transit
service during the Friday morning commuter rush.

New York's Transport Workers Union voted Thursday to send its 33,000
members back to work without a contract. The walkout ended after union
leaders were threatened with jail for defying a state law against
strikes by public workers.

Contract negotiations are expected to continue, as the city and the
union haggle over pension and health benefits.

The strike inconvenienced millions of commuters and cost the city an
estimated $1 billion. The union was being fined $1 million for each
day of the walkout, the first of its kind in 25 years. Some
information for this report was provided by AFP, AP, and Reuters.


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