NEW YORK (WABC) — The Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the coalition of five striking Long Island Rail Road unions plan to resume talks Monday morning at 7:30 a.m.
This comes after the National Mediation Board stepped in, summoning management and workers to a meeting in Manhattan on Sunday.
The federal labor agency governs labor relations for railroads and airlines.
CURRENT STATUS: Talks scheduled to resume at 7:30 a.m. Monday. LIRR unions remain on the picket lines.
Earlier on Sunday, New York Governor Kathy Hochul called for talks to resume to end the strike by LIRR unionized workers, which has shut down the Long Island Rail Road, North America’s largest commuter rail system.
The five unions represent about half its workforce, including engineers, signalmen and trainmen.
The unions and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority have been negotiating for months on a new contract, with talks stalled over workers’ salaries and healthcare premiums.
Hochul urged the roughly 250,000 people who ride the system to work from home on Monday, if they can.
