LIRR strike is on; 'We are far apart,' union says
The nation’s busiest commuter railroad is officially shut down.
LIRR workers are on strike, halting a train system that serves 275,000 riders each weekday.
“We are far apart at this point,” said Kevin Sexton, spokesman for the bargaining committee, outside the MTA headquarters just after midnight. “We do not know the duration of the strike.”
After another marathon day of negotiations with 12 hours at the table, both sides were at a stalemate on fourth-year pay for LIRR workers.
Saturday’s announcement marks the first LIRR strike since 1994. That strike lasted two days.
A spokesman for Gov. Kathy Hochul did not immediately respond to an inquiry.
Credit: Bahar Ostadan
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