Long Island Rail Road riders are bracing for hourslong commutes as a salary fight between the nation’s busiest commuter rail line and its employees forced a systemwide shutdown, the first in more than 30 years. https://t.co/nKTv63aFOM ...

Let's just start with what these what this disagreement principally is about. You have workers for the l I double r who wanted higher wages. They say what.In keeping with inflation. Essentially, costs have gone up. Their salaries have not.That's right. I mean, they're experiencing the higher prices at the grocery store and at the gas station, and they're saying, look. To keep up with inflation, please give us we we really want, you know, close to 5%.Okay. And that's down from their original ask. So they hav ...

Rail workers at the Long Island Rail Road may go on strike as labor unions and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority remain split over a wage increase. Hundreds of thousands of commuters from the New York City suburbs will face disruptions. https://t.co/YL8DFNnn80 ...