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Old 12-21-2005, 07:13 PM
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Default Re: Jail \'Possibility\' for NYC Transit Leaders

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/nyc_transit_strike

NEW YORK - The city and state stepped up their pressure on striking transit workers Wednesday in hopes of forcing them back to work, and a judge said sending union leaders to jail was a "distinct possibility."

State Supreme Court Justice Theodore Jones, who is hearing several legal issues related to the strike, directed attorneys from the Transport Workers Union to bring president Roger Toussaint and other top officials before the court Thursday to answer to a criminal contempt charge. He said he may sentence the union leaders to jail for refusing to end the strike, calling such a scenario a "distinct possibility."

Union lawyer Arthur Schwartz said Toussaint and the other officials are in negotiations with mediators and that hauling them into court could halt the talks.

The possibility of jail time for union leaders was one of several developments Wednesday as millions of New Yorkers trudged to work in another bone-chilling commute without subways and buses.





plz yes

[/ QUOTE ]It's just going to make the LEaders Martyr's for the cause, and if the citty starts lcoking up members, other unions (LIRR and MetroNorth may walk or not cross the line into the Boro's)
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