Railroad Strike Set to Snarl NYC Commute
Long Island Rail Road riders are bracing for hourslong Monday-morning commutes as a salary fight between the nation’s busiest commuter rail line and its employees forced a systemwide shutdown, the first in more than 30 years, Michelle Kaske reports.
About 3,500 engineers, signalmen and electrical workers walked off the job Saturday, seeking higher wages. Striking LIRR workers wore red T-shirts that read “United to Protect Real Wages” and picketed outside of New York’s Penn Station.
The parties restarted negotiations Sunday afternoon after federal mediators summoned the unions and the MTA for talks, according ...
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