Strike won't be music to his ears

Ben Altos, 45, said that workers should not go on strike and bring train service to a halt. Altos, a musician, said he relies on the LIRR to get from his home in Brooklyn to his gigs in Suffolk County.

Altos said he would have to stop working. He does not own a car, and an Uber from Brooklyn to Suffolk costs around $500 round trip, he said.

“I wouldn’t come back until they run the trains again,” he said. “I would be losing too much money.”