Anonymous3 days ago
The Long Island Rail Road, the nation's largest commuter railroad with nearly 300,000 daily riders, went on strike May 16, 2026 — its first work stoppage since 1994 — after five unions and the MTA failed to close a roughly 2-percentage-point gap on a fourth-year wage increase. The National Mediation Board has summoned both sides back to the table, but the Railway Labor Act's emergency board provisions could keep this dispute alive for months, costing the New York metro area an estimated $61–$70 million per day in lost economic activity.