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Rail transit unions reject need to tighten disability

Leaders from a dozen transit unions have written New York's congressional delegation urging members to reject an overhaul of the federal pension system that has allowed nearly all railroad workers who apply for disability benefits to receive them.

The letter, which was obtained by Newsday, was signed by the presidents of such unions as the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen,...

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