Faced with mounting fines and the rising wrath of millions of commuters, the New York’s public transport union sent its members back to work without a new contract and ended a crippling, three-day strike that brought underground trains and buses to a standstill.

THE city stepped up its pressure on striking transit workers yesterday 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.

New Yorkers faced another bone-chilling commute today without their cherished subways and buses as a transit strike entered its second day.

A passenger was caught with a knife and an extendable baton on board a domestic flight today in the latest breach of Australian airline security.

THE flight attendants union at American Airlines is calling for a new vote on a concession package aimed at keeping the airline out of bankruptcy, saying its ratification a few days ago was tainted

US Airways' Transport Workers Union (TWU) of America, representing 110 flight crew training instructors, today ratified its agreement on the company's restructuring plan by a 92-7 vote, according to a US Airways statement.