LIRR strike has many worrying about Mon.'s commute
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As the LIRR strike enters its second day Sunday, the 300,000 commuters who use the service each day will have to rely on a pastiche of bus routes to get in and out of New York City.
Approximately 3,500 Long Island Railroad (LIRR) workers went on strike at midnight on Saturday, May 16, demanding a “fair contract” with the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA). It was the popular
Union workers return to the picket lines on Sunday, but there is still no word on when negotiations will resume.
The MTA released a contingency plan with shuttles and drop-off destinations during the LIRR strike.
About 3,500 workers at the Long Island Rail Road, the nation’s busiest commuter railroad, could go on strike this weekend.