Long Island Rail Road union leaders on Monday backed off a threat to strike this week, saying they have asked President Donald Trump to intervene in their ongoing contract dispute with the MTA.

The request from the five LIRR unions delays a potential strike until mid-January at the earliest, and ensures the railroad will be able to serve 270,000 daily riders and thousands of golf fans converging on Long Island next week for the Ryder Cup .

After announcing his union’s members had overwhelmingly voted in favor of walking off the job as early as Thursday, Gilman Lang, general chairman of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, said he and his fellow union leaders ultimately decided to "continue being the adults in the room" and buy more time by requesting the White Hou

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