Marathon contract negotiations ongoing, but settlement Thursday unlikely
The longest negotiation session to date in the ongoing contract dispute between the MTA and five LIRR unions continued into Thursday night.
After breaking for couple hours, a union source confirmed that the labor leaders were back in the MTA’s Lower Manhattan headquarters.
The marathon session began at 10 a.m. Representatives from both sides have said they are willing to continue talking as long as it takes to make a deal, but have also said a settlement Thursday appears unlikely.
Alfonso Castillo has been reporting for Newsday since 1999 and covering the transportation beat since 2008. He grew up in the Bronx and Queens and now lives in Valley Stream with his wife and two sons.
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