The Long Island Rail Road strike is coming to an end after the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and unions reached a tentative agreement Monday, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced.
“Tonight, the MTA reached a fair deal with the five LIRR unions that delivers raises for workers while protecting riders and taxpayers. I’m pleased to announce that phased LIRR service will resume beginning tomorrow at noon,” Hochul said in a post on X.
The National Mediation Board summoned LIRR union leaders and MTA management to a meeting to resume bargaining Sunday evening and both sides resumed negotiations Monday.
Commuters felt the effects as many woke up extra early to catch shuttle buses to Queens so they could take the subway to work. Union leaders earlier had said it would take days to get trains back up and running, even with a tentative agreement in place.
The LIRR, the largest commuter rail in the U.S., serving roughly 250,000 weekday riders, suspended service at midnight Saturday, when workers officially walked off the job.
This was the first LIRR strike since June 1994, when conductors and maintenance workers walked off after two and a half years without a contract. Then-Gov. Mario Cuomo and his administration had to step in and impose a contract settlement.
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