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Judge Threatens to Jail Transit Strike Leaders

HeadlineDec 22, 2005

Here in New York, the city’s subway and bus system remains shut down as 33,000 transit workers have entered the third day of a strike. On Wednesday a state judge threatened to jail union leader Roger Toussaint and two union officials for organizing the citywide strike. Judge Theodore Jones ordered the three union officials to appear in court today to face charges of criminal contempt. Under the state’s Taylor Law, public employees are barred from staging labor strikes. New York Governor George Pataki, who oversees the Metropolitan Transportation Authority vowed there would be no negotiations before the strike ended.

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