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Metro-North's top union rejects deal

A Metro-North train leaves the Rye train station,

Photo credit: Faye Murman | A Metro-North train leaves the Rye train station, heading north toward Stamford. (Oct. 9, 2012)

Rank-and-file members of Metro-North's largest union have rejected a contract proposal calling for 10 percent wage increases over six years, an upstart move hailed by fellow MTA labor leaders who feared they'd be pressured into taking the same paltry deal, Newsday has learned.

On Monday night, some 1,600 members of the Association of Commuter Rail Employees refused to ratify a deal worked...

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