The head of the LIRR conductors union said the MTA’s plan to reduce ticket validity periods to just four hours could make the problem of fare evasion worse, as some passengers forgo buying ...

Long Island Transportation First in Newsday LIRR and unions can't reach 'voluntary settlement,' edge closer to strike Automated narration. Learn more ...

In a letter dated Aug. 14, union leaders wrote the National Mediation Board indicated the LIRR and unions were unable to reach a voluntary settlement. Kevin Vesey • Aug 15, 2025, 7:17 PM ...

Break out the floaties! Torrential summer storms battered the Big Apple on Thursday, trapping a LIRR train filled with passengers and submerging cars on a Queens highway in a travel nightmare that ...

New LIRR cars stuck in train yards due to delays in testing their safety features. (Credit: CBS2) After multiple years of delays, excuses, broken promises. Where's the new fleet of LIRR cars?

Absent agreements or the establishment of a PEB, self-help (strike or lock-out) could be exercised as of 12:01 a.m. EDT, Sept. 18, 2025, according to the NMB. “It’s been 31 years since LIRR unions ...

The MTA reported that the LIRR broke its post-pandemic record for riders in a single day with 295,419 passengers on Tuesday, July 22. That record was then broken one day later with 298,419 ...