LIRR contract talks set to resume next week

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MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — Negotiations aimed at averting a strike by workers at the nation’s largest commuter railroad are scheduled to resume next week at a session scheduled by the National Mediation Board, union and management officials said Wednesday.

Unions representing 5,400 Long Island Rail Road workers have said they intend to strike unless an agreement is reached by July 20.

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