Unions representing half the Long Island Rail Road workforce are threatening to go on strike in 10 days unless the Metropolitan Transportation Authority agrees to their demands for raises. The unions ...

Long Island Rail Road riders will stay on track – for now. A strike that promised to cause travel nightmares for “screwed” commuters was shelved for at least several months as union officials took an ...

NEW YORK (PIX11) — Two out of five of the Long Island Rail Road union groups have voted to strike if the MTA doesn’t meet their demands by next Thursday, according to union leaders. Members of the ...

A LIRR strike was averted for now as union officials asked the Trump administration to intervene. The five unions want federal officials to put together a presidential emergency board that would delay ...

The White House moved to delay a strike on America’s busiest commuter rail service, but workers could still walk out as early as January. By Stefanos Chen and Winnie Hu A strike on the Long Island ...

More Long Island Rail Road workers voted Monday to authorize walking off the job later this week, but they sought to extend the deadline into spring and asked for some arbitration help from Washington ...

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President Trump stepped in on a Long Island Rail Road labor dispute with an executive order Tuesday – ensuring there will be no work stoppage for at least four months. Trump’s order establishing a ...

A coalition of unions representing New York’s Long Island Rail Road workers has asked the Trump administration to convene a presidential emergency board, which could avoid a strike and allow ...

President Donald Trump set up a special mediation board to prevent a strike on the nation’s largest commuter rail, the Long Island Rail Road. The White House issued an executive order Tuesday to ...