LIRR Strike: A Perfect Storm of Mismanagement and Mistrust More than 300,000 Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) commuters face a week long disruption due to the first strike in 32 years.
The stalemate between union representatives and Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) officials has raised questions about what went wrong and how this could have been avoided.
The LIRR unions' decision to go on strike over salary increases and healthcare costs appears to be a straightforward labor dispute, but it's actually more complex.