A strike on the Long Island Rail Road has been avoided, at least temporarily. Unions representing thousands of railroad workers announced on Monday a request to the Trump administration to create an emergency board to help reach a deal with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority over wage increases. A strike, the first on the LIRR since 1994, was approved for this Thursday, but the request to form the panel, called a Presidential Emergency Board, delays the walkout by several months.

The five unions, known collectively as the LIRR Bargaining Committee, threatened to strike this Thursday, unless they receive a 16 percent pay raise over four years. On Monday, the unions formally requested President Donald Trump to appoint a Presidential Emergency Board.

As 6sqft reported last week

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