NATION IN BRIEF : NEW YORK : Railroad, Union Continue Talks
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Negotiators for the Long Island Rail Road and the union representing track workers and conductors raced toward a Thursday midnight deadline for a walkout at the nation’s largest commuter rail line. A strike would affect more than 100,000 commuters. Negotiators had said previously that some progress was made, prompting the 2,300-member United Transportation Union to delay its original midnight Wednesday strike deadline by 24 hours.
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