LIRR's largest union to vote on strike tonight
Source: Newsday
By ALFONSO A. CASTILLO
The Long Island Rail Road's largest union will vote Wednesday night on whether it will go on strike as early as next month -- potentially stranding 300,000 daily commuters.
The Sheet Metal, Air and Transportation Union/United Transportation Union, which represents nearly half of LIRR laborers, will cast their ballots at back-to-back meetings in Massapequa Wednesday night. SMART UTU general chairman Anthony Simon, who expects a unanimous "yes" vote from members, said he will also be handing out picket signs and coordinating strike captains.
Smaller LIRR unions have already approved similar votes to walk off the job as early as March 21. Simon said his union's vote -- the first of its kind in two decades -- is "the toughest for our members ever to make."
"This is going to affect their finances, their families, and the Long Island economy," Simon said. "But they are standing united with their union, because they have been pushed around far too long."
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