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Anxiety grows as possible NY rail strike nears

By FRANK ELTMANRACHELLE BLIDNER
Published July 15, 2014 7:48pm ET
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Anxiety grows as possible NY rail strike nears
Pedestrians wait to ride a train at Jamaica station on the Long Island Rail Road Tuesday, July 15, 2014, in New York. Prospects of a strike which the unions said they were planning at 12:01 a.m. next Sunday, would affect 300,000 daily riders who travel in and out of New York City from Long Island. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II) | Frank Franklin II

HICKSVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — Anxiety grew among the nearly 300,000 daily riders caught in the middle of a labor dispute as a weekend strike at the nation’s largest commuter railroad grew closer.

The eight unions representing Long Island Rail Road’s 5,400 workers and Metropolitan Transportation Authority managers didn’t negotiate on Tuesday, a day after both sides said talks aimed at averting a 12:01 a.m. Sunday strike had collapsed.

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