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NEW YORK -- The executive board for the city's transit workers union approved a tentative new contract late Tuesday, five days after it ended a paralyzing bus and subway strike that stranded millions of commuters.

The tentative contract, announced by union President Roger Toussaint, would give workers a 10.9 percent pay raise over three years and require them to contribute to their health care plans. It still must be approved by 33,700 members of the Transit Workers Union.

New York Transit Union OKs Tentative Deal
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NEW YORK -- A judge fined the city transit union $2.5 million Monday for the illegal strike that brought buses and subways to a standstill for three days just before Christmas.

Judge Theodore Jones of state Supreme Court in Brooklyn also ruled that Transport Union Workers Local 100's automatic dues collection would be suspended indefinitely. The 33,000-member union can reapply for automatic collection after 90 days.

"We find this decision is unfair," the union president, Roger Toussaint, said Monday.

Toussaint is to begin serving his jail sentence and pay the personal fine 30 days from when the judge's written decision is filed, which probably will happen Wednesday.

"I'll go in," Toussaint said. "Jail is not a problem."

NYC Transit Union Fined $2.5M for Strike
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