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LIRR strike averted, union officials say
Source: NY Post
Union officials said the MTA and LIRR unions reached a tentative agreement on Thursday when Gov. Cumo brokered an agreement in his Midtown offices, averting a devastating strike that would have stranded hundreds of thousands of people.
“A strike has been averted! A tentative agreement has been reached,” said the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 589 in a release on their website.
It ends four years of negotiations after contracts for eight LIRR unions ended in 2010.
Talks moved to Cuomo’s office in Midtown from a law firm where talks were held Wednesday.
Read more: nypost.com/2014/07/17/lirr-strike-averted/?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=NYPTwitter&utm_medium=SocialFlow
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