Metro is suing one of its unions, fighting an arbitration panel’s decision to give union workers raises and to limit the hiring of outside contractors in their place.

The transit agency filed the suit against the Office and Professional Employees International Union Local 2 in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia late Thursday, a surprise decision after the agency lost a similar and expensive suit just six months ago.

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