LIRR strike delayed for now as unions make first-of-its-kind ask for Trump to step in

Fuente: New York Post

A strike on the Long Island Rail Road was averted – for now – as union officials took an unprecedented move Monday to ask the Trump administration to intervene. A coalition of five unions wants the feds to put together a presidential emergency board that will delay a looming work stoppage that was set to begin Thursday, labor leaders said during a press conference — as they took numerous shots at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and Gov. Kathy Hochul.