🚨 New York travel chaos: A major Long Island Rail Road strike has disrupted commutes for hundreds of thousands of passengers across NYC and Long Island.
New York —
New Yorkers were dealt travel headaches Monday, as service on the vital Long Island Rail Road remains suspended because of a historic strike, although there is reason to hope that the strike could be a short one.
“It’s much more promising today than it was yesterday,” James Louis, vice president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, told CNN about the state of the talks Monday. The BLET is one of five unions with members on strike.
The strike started early Saturday after 11th-hour talks to avert the walkout failed. Talks between the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which runs the railway, and unions representing railroad workers resumed Sunday afternoon and then took a break.
workers walked off the job after contract talks broke down over pay and healthcare, causing severe delays, packed roads, and long travel times. Officials urged commuters to work remotely as emergency transport struggled to keep up.
A tentative agreement has now been reached, with rail services expected to resume soon.
