Post by Shadow on Dec 21, 2005 7:33:34 GMT -5
WNBC
POSTED: 7:18 am EST December 14, 2005
UPDATED: 7:25 am EST December 21, 2005
NEW YORK -- The New York City transit strike entered its second day Wednesday as lawyers for the city and state looked to the courts to dole out more punishment against union leaders, and commuters piled into cabs and walked the streets in the blistering cold.
With talks still stalled, a judge imposed a huge fine Tuesday against the Transport Workers Union -- $1 million for each day of the strike -- and lawyers were due back in court Wednesday.
State Supreme Court Justice Theodore Jones has yet to rule on whether a second union, the Amalgamated Transit Union, will also be fined. The union has two chapters in New York that have joined the strike with the TWU.
Also undecided is whether the individual officers of the two unions will be fined for supporting the strike. Officials, including TWU Local 100 head Roger Toussaint, could be fined up to $1,000 apiece for urging union members to break the law.
POSTED: 7:18 am EST December 14, 2005
UPDATED: 7:25 am EST December 21, 2005
NEW YORK -- The New York City transit strike entered its second day Wednesday as lawyers for the city and state looked to the courts to dole out more punishment against union leaders, and commuters piled into cabs and walked the streets in the blistering cold.
With talks still stalled, a judge imposed a huge fine Tuesday against the Transport Workers Union -- $1 million for each day of the strike -- and lawyers were due back in court Wednesday.
State Supreme Court Justice Theodore Jones has yet to rule on whether a second union, the Amalgamated Transit Union, will also be fined. The union has two chapters in New York that have joined the strike with the TWU.
Also undecided is whether the individual officers of the two unions will be fined for supporting the strike. Officials, including TWU Local 100 head Roger Toussaint, could be fined up to $1,000 apiece for urging union members to break the law.