The Metropolitan Transportation Authority board on Wednesday gave final approval to new collective bargaining agreements with Long Island Rail Road unions, formally closing out contracts that emerged from last month’s three-day strike and raising wages by nearly 15 percent over four years. The four-year agreement provides members of the five unions with annual wage increases of 3 percent in each of the first two years, followed by a 3.5 percent …
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