Breaking... Largest LIRR workers' union votes 500-0 in favor of future strike

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/largest-lirr-union-hold-strike-vote-wednesday-article-1.1603298

With Metropolitan Transportation Authority officials and Long Island Rail Road union leaders at an impasse in contract talks, the strike vote Wednesday represented a key point leading toward a possible walk-out as early as March 21.

By Pete Donohue / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

About 6,000 LIRR workers have labored without a contract for more than three years, and talks aimed at producing a new contract have reached an impasse. Workers are angry that officials at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority — the LIRR’s parent company — won’t adopt a contract settlement proposed by a Presidential Emergency Board. It includes modest raises, but MTA bosses shot it down last month.

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