LIRR strike threat looms
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MTA Chairman and CEO Janno Lieber said the sides are making progress, but also said LIRR workers would be "crazy" to walk off the job.
Negotiations resumed Thursday in hopes of reaching a contract deal and preventing the first strike by Long Island Rail Road workers in more than three decades.
The MTA is barreling toward a Long Island Rail Road strike as the agency remains deadlocked with a group of unions over pay increases and changes to work rules. The workers could walk off the job as soon as May 16,
MTA faces 'epic showdown' with rail and subway workers