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NYC Transit Strike Temporarily Averted

Negotiations continue after a potentially crippling mass transit strike is put on hold. The union representing New York City subway and bus workers suspended the strike threat to allow more time for both sides to reach an agreement. Hear NPR's Madeleine Brand.

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Madeleine Brand
Madeleine Brand is the host of NPR’s newest and fastest-growing daily show, Day to Day. She conducts interviews with newsmakers (Iraqi politicians, US senators), entertainment figures (Bernardo Bertolluci, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Ricky Gervais), and the everyday people affected by the news (an autoworker laid off at GM, a mother whose son was killed in Iraq).