20 dic 2005 año - 2005 Transit Strike

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This was one of the subway stations that closed on December, 20 2005, when the transport workers union local 100 called a strike in NYC. Negotiations for a new contract with the MTA(Metropolitan Transportation Authority) broke down over retirement, pension and wage increases. After an agreement between the state mediator Richard Curreri and the MTA and a TWU team including Roger Toussaint for transit workers to return back to work for a time without contract. Progress had also been made on the pensions issue.The strike ended in December 22,2005. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_New_York_City_transit_strike