MTA, Mechanics Told to Continue Cooling Off
A judge has ordered the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and its mechanics union to continue their cooling-off period for labor negotiations.
The ruling Wednesday by Superior Court Judge Dzintra Janavs prohibits the 2,000 employees represented by the Amalgamated Transportation Union from going on strike and the MTA from locking workers out until after Oct. 12, an agency spokesman said.
The MTA is in a separate cooling-off period with the United Transportation Union, which represents more than 4,000 bus drivers and rail operators, until Sept. 18, the spokesman said.
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