N.J. Burkett at Eyewitness News WABC 7 In New York City reports from Mineola on seven current or former Long Island Railroad (LIRR) Employees that are suing the Transit Agency, blaming the railroad for not protecting them from attacks by passengers.  The Union-represented Workers say collecting fares on the LIRR has become a dangerous job and their Union President Anthony Simon of the SMART (The International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers) Transportation Division says they are right: "They don't want to pay the fare and then when the conductor does his job or her job, that's when the confrontation begins and it unfortunately leads into a physical assault."  Six LIRR Conductors have filed lawsuits, along with a Station Cleaner, alleging that the railroad is not doing enough to protect them.

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