Although the request for intervention from the White House eliminates the immediate threat of a strike, both the unions and MTA officials offered little optimism the extra time for negotiating would ...

Long Island Rail Road work rules governing overtime allowed a train car repair worker to earn 70 hours of pay in a single day and as much as $36,000 in a month, on her way to making more than $239,819 ...

A famous clip resurfaced of legendary late-night host Johnny Carson defending his right to avoid bringing up "serious issues" on his talk show, arguing there is a danger in hosts like him being too ...

Long Island Rail Road riders will stay on track – for now. A strike that promised to cause travel nightmares for “screwed” commuters was shelved for at least several months as union officials took an ...

Carolyn Gusoff has covered some of the most high profile news stories in the New York City area and is best known as a trusted, tenacious, consistent and caring voice of Long Island's concerns. The ...

President Trump stepped in on a Long Island Rail Road labor dispute with an executive order Tuesday – ensuring there will be no work stoppage for at least four months. Trump’s order establishing a ...

More Long Island Rail Road workers voted Monday to authorize walking off the job later this week, but they sought to extend the deadline into spring and asked for some arbitration help from Washington ...

A chunk of debris that glanced off a Long Island Rail Road train running through the East River Tunnel last week — shutting down service for an hour and a half — came from another LIRR train, transit ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Long Island Rail Road union leaders asked for a Presidential Emergency Board on Monday, delaying any potential strike for months -- and likely until May. The Brotherhood of ...