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NEW YORK (PIX11) – Some LIRR employees are currently voting on whether to strike, which could impact service in parts of the city, according to an official PIX11 News spoke with regarding the matter.
A strike could occur as early as September 18 over wage disputes, officials said.
On Tuesday, locomotive engineers, represented by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, a major union, sent ballots asking members to vote on stagnant wages that haven't increased in three years, according to their website.
“We are only asking for a fair contract — one that provides modest wage gains, or at the very least, maintains real wages,” IL Lang, General Chairman for the BLET’s LIRR engineers, said. “Our members would not rati