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| April 25, 2006 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Financial Times Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

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Byline: ELIZABETH LeSURE

The city's transit union chief on Monday began serving a 10-day sentence for leading last year's transit strike, turning himself in at a Manhattan courthouse after marching across the Brooklyn Bridge with a boisterous group of supporters.

Roger Toussaint was accompanied to the courthouse by the Rev. Al Sharpton, labor leaders and union members around 7 p.m. He was processed and turned over to the city Department of Correction, a sheriff's office spokesman said.

The walkout crippled the city just before Christmas last year and violated a state law banning strikes by public employees. A judge ruled…

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