Wednesday, December 21, 2005

Images Of The News: Wednesday, 21 Dec. 2005

NEW YORK TRANSIT WORKERS UNION STRIKE

TRANSIT STRIKE - TWU -- Commuters pack the Brooklyn Bridge during the morning rush hour during the second day of the transit strike in New York on December 21, 2005. New York transit workers walked off the job yesterday for the first time in 25 years, stranding millions of people who rely on the bus and subway system each day. REUTERS/Seth Wenig
People walk on New York's 5th Avenue closed for traffic Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2005. The city stepped up its pressure on striking transit workers Wednesday in hopes of forcing them back to work as millions of New Yorkers trudged to work in another bone-chilling commute without subways and buses. (AP Photo/Dima Gavrysh)
Cars line up to get onto the Brooklyn Bridge during the morning rush hour during the second day of the transit strike in New York December 21, 2005. New Yorkers begged rides on the Internet and dusted off their bicycles on Wednesday in the battle to beat a mass transit strike that has hit business and raised tempers at the height of the holidays. REUTERS/Seth Wenig
Manhattan bound pedestrians cross the Brooklyn Bridge in New York on Wednesday Dec. 21, 2005 as commuters sought alternatives to subways and buses on the second day of a strike by transit workers. With contract talks still stalled, a judge fined the Transport Workers Union $1 million for each day of the strike, and lawyers were due back in court Wednesday. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan) More News Images on THE TENSION

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