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Union members protest Mangano bill

Originally published: October 17, 2011 1:44 PM
Updated: October 17, 2011 10:37 PM
By ROBERT BRODSKY  robert.brodsky@newsday.com

Union members demonstrate in front of the Nassau

Photo credit: Howard Schnapp | Union members demonstrate in front of the Nassau County Executive Building in Mineola. (Oct. 17, 2011)

More than 2,000 union members from across Long Island and throughout New York State converged on Mineola Monday to protest legislation that would allow Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano to cut wages and benefits by unilaterally revising union contracts.

A crowd -- estimated by Nassau Police at more than 2,000 people, and at between 3,000 and 5,000 by organizers -- participated in the...

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