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Inside the secret talks that settled a threatened NJ Transit strike
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2016/03/inside_the_secret_talks_that_se...

Gary Dellaverson, left, the NJ Transit special labor counsel, during talks to divert a possible strike by 11 rail unions working for NJ Transit. (Aristide Economopoulos | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com)

US Railroad Shop Workers Vote No on Merging Jobs Pushed by IAM And SMART Union Leadership
http://labornotes.org/2016/02/railroad-shop-workers-vote-no-merging-jobs
February 19, 2016 / Jon Flandersenlarge

A boilermaker works on a locomotive plow, a part that often gets damaged in operation. Railroad workers recently voted down a concessionary deal that would have blended machinists' and pipefitters' jobs together. Photo: Jon Flanders

Members of largest union of Long Island Rail Road workers vote 500-0 in favor of future strike
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/largest-lirr-union-hold-strike-vote-...
With Metropolitan Transportation Authority officials and LIRR 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

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