Long Island Rail Road strike in UNITED STATES May 2026

Gov. Kathy Hochul and the MTA largely caved to striking Long Island Rail Road union workers -- granting them a 4.5% pay hike -- even while ...

The exact cost and details of the deal that brought the roughly 3,500 workers back on the job are not yet available, but so far, it seems Hochul can ...

... workers refused to negotiate over them — and Hochul and the MTA acquiesced. The union wanted a 5-percent pay hike, on top of retroactive raises ...

... workers, many of whom haven't had a raise in four years amidst ... The strike began after years of negotiations and repeated refusals by MTA ...

Like Governor Hochul said, everybody loses in a strike – the MTA, the thousands of workers who are going to lose wages, and most of all, the riders ...