Long Island Rail Road employees with median pay over $131,000 are on strike, disrupting travel for nearly 300,000 daily ...

The 4.5% raise in the fourth year, with only minor contract concessions, was once widely considered unfathomable.

States can generally prohibit public employee strikes, as New York does, but their statutes are preempted by a century-old ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul announced a new contract agreement between the MTA and LIRR unions, ending a strike that disrupted commutes ...

She should use the strike to tackle long-standing problems on the LIRR and meaningfully improve the Empire State’s transit system. The LIRR, which ferries hundreds of thousands of people on a network ...

The MTA agreed to pay workers higher raises than its negotiators had said employees should receive, and unions settled for less than they wanted and agreed to some concessions. Although the agreement ...

The Long Island Rail Road strike that began early Saturday continues upending commutes from Manhattan to Suffolk County. Unbeknownst to most riders, they’re collateral damage in a much bigger but less ...

Long Island Rail Road started running trains by noon Tuesday, with full service to all branches by the afternoon rush hour.

The threat of an LIRR strike is hanging over nearly 300,000 daily riders and could start as soon as Saturday.

The MTA released a contingency plan with shuttles and drop-off destinations during the LIRR strike.

The LIRR strike went into effect at 12:01 a.m. Saturday after ongoing contract negotiations between workers and the MTA broke down and 3,500 railroad employees walked off the job.