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MTAStrike_051220.sPubDate = "12/20/2005 1:24:49 PM GMT";
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MTAStrike_051220.appHeader = "FACT FILE| Key issues in the NYC transit strike";
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MTAStrike_051220[i-1].body = "The Metropolitan Transportation Authority originally wanted to raise the age at which new employees become eligible for a full pension from 55 to 62. The union objected. The MTA later agreed to allow pension eligibility at 55 for new employees, but asked that they contribute 6 percent of their salaries for their first 10 years of employment.";

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MTAStrike_051220[i-1].body = "The MTA had proposed annual raises of 3 percent. The union wanted considerably higher pay increases; a later MTA offer included annual raises of 3 percent, 4 percent and 3.5 percent.";

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MTAStrike_051220[i-1].body = "The MTA wants new employees to contribute 1 percent of their salary to pay for health insurance. Transit workers currently do not have to pay anything for health insurance.";

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MTAStrike_051220[i-1].body = "The union wants disaster-preparedness training, following transit system bombings in Madrid and London.";

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MTAStrike_051220[i-1].body = "The latest MTA proposal added the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.<br>";

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