Story:
Manhattan, NY (4/5/2010) - About 1,000 members of the Transport Workers Union (TWU) gathered for a rally on Tuesday by Pennsylvania Station.They gathered to protest the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (MTA) plans to layoff people and cut train service.
To 'layoff' people means to let them go from their job because you don't have enough money to pay them anymore. The MTA says that it just does not have enough money so they have to layoff 500 people.
The MTA workers who gathered on by Penn station say the MTA's plans to cut 500 station agents. They say this will cause more subway crime and people who jump the turnstile because there will be nobody to keep the stations secure.
"I just don’t like the way it was handled. You know, we weren’t given a sufficient amount of time to prepare ourselves for this," said one protesting union worker. "I have a family, I’m getting married Friday, so it’s unfortunate that I have to plan such a beautiful event around this time."
"I just don’t like the way it was handled. You know, we weren’t given a sufficient amount of time to prepare ourselves for this," said one protesting union worker. "I have a family, I’m getting married Friday, so it’s unfortunate that I have to plan such a beautiful event around this time."
Questions:
1) Where does this story take place?
2) When does this story take place?
3) Why were the workers protesting?
4) How many people are going to lose their jobs?
5) What will happen in the stations if there are less agents in the station?
6) What does 'layoff' mean?
Info and video from NY1
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