Original sentence: TWU workers also raised complaints about working conditions, including hazards such as smoke, dangerous chemicals and extreme temperatures, abuse from supervisors, verbal or physical threat from passengers, and inability to access restroom facilities on the bus and subway.The MTA claimed that its reluctance to give in to the TWU on this point stems from fear of future deficits (projected to be 1 billion USD by 2009), even though its claims of deficits in early 2005 were exposed as fabrications to justify fare hikes
Edited sentence: TWU workers also griped about working conditions, including hazards such as smoke, dangerous chemicals and extreme temperatures, abuse from supervisors, verbal or physical threat from passengers, and inability to access restroom facilities on the bus and subway.The MTA claimed that its reluctance to give in to the TWU on this point stems from fear of future deficits (projected to be 1 billion USD by 2009), even though its claims of deficits in early 2005 were exposed as fabrications, so as to justify fare hikes