LIRR 2026 Strike Latest Update
The National Mediation Board has stepped in to the LIRR strike to try to help resume bargaining between the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the striking unions.
The coalition of five Long Island Rail Road unions and the MTA were summoned to a meeting in Manhattan.
The federal labor agency governs labor relations for railroads and airlines.
The news comes hours after New York Governor Kathy Hochul called for talks to resume to end the strike by LIRR unionized workers, which has shut down the Long Island Rail Road, North America’s largest commuter rail system.
The five unions represent about half its workforce, including engineers, signalmen and trainmen.
The unions and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority have been negotiating for months on a new contract, with talks stalled over workers’ salaries and healthcare premiums.
Hochul is urging the roughly 250,000 people who ride the system to work from home on Monday, if they can.
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