More Long Island Rail Road workers voted Monday to authorize walking off the job later this week, but they sought to extend the deadline into spring and asked for some arbitration help from Washington ...

A group of labor unions is threatening to shut down the Long Island Rail Road, the nation’s busiest commuter rail operation, with a strike late next week if officials don’t surrender to their demands.

Long Island Rail Road commuters may be facing major disruptions next week, as a potential strike looms that could bring train service to a standstill. The strike, which could begin Sept. 18, would ...

The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) and other unions representing engineers on the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) overwhelmingly voted on Monday to go on strike — but not for a ...

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