NYC Subway Service Snarled Due to Worker Safety Concerns After Conductor Slashed in the Neck

NYC Subway Service Snarled Due to Worker Safety Concerns After Conductor Slashed in the Neck
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NEW YORK—Morning commutes on a New York City subway line were severely delayed Thursday after a train conductor was slashed in the neck, with transit officials blaming union members for disrupting service as they demanded safer working conditions.

The attack on the conductor happened around 3:40 a.m. as a southbound A train was pulling into a station in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood, Transportation Workers Union Local 100 said.