Labor: Nassau could owe bus workers
Photo credit: Danielle Finkelstein | An MTA driver operates a bus on LI. (Feb. 17, 2011)
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Nassau County could be on the hook for the full salary and benefits of 930 Long Island Bus union employees for the next six years, regardless of whether the system's new private operator intends to hire all of the workers or cut their pay, labor officials contend.
The situation stems from an agreement Nassau signed in 1973 when it consolidated several private systems into Long Island Bus....
