{"id":134547,"date":"2026-05-20T08:20:43","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T11:20:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/lirr-strike-fallout-mta-official-defends-tentative-deal-that-ended-work-stoppage-as-service-resumes\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T08:20:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T11:20:45","slug":"lirr-strike-fallout-mta-official-defends-tentative-deal-that-ended-work-stoppage-as-service-resumes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/lirr-strike-fallout-mta-official-defends-tentative-deal-that-ended-work-stoppage-as-service-resumes\/","title":{"rendered":"LIRR strike fallout: MTA official defends tentative deal that ended work stoppage as service resumes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>A top <a href=\"https:\/\/mta.info\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MTA<\/a> official defended on Tuesday the agency\u2019s tentative deal with five Long Island Rail Road unions that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amny.com\/nyc-transit\/mta-lirr-unions-end-strike\/\" target=\"_blank\">ended their first strike<\/a> in more than three decades as trains began rolling again at midday.<\/p>\n<div id=\"piano-inline-wrapper\">\n<p>LIRR President Rob Free, during a May 19 news conference at the Jamaica LIRR station ahead of the return to service at noon, stood by the MTA\u2019s decision to let the contract dispute <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amny.com\/news\/lirr-strike-talks-break-down-05162026\/\" target=\"_blank\">boil over into a strike early Saturday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The first trains to hit the rails since May 16 departed from Penn Station, headed for Ronkonkoma, and Grand Central Madison, headed for Massapequa, at noon on Tuesday \u2014 with full service restored across the LIRR at 4 p.m. It brought to an end a mad scramble among commuters reliant upon the LIRR who were forced to either work remotely, hop in their cars and brave increased traffic, or conduct a piecemeal commute between limited shuttle bus service and crowded subway trains.<\/p>\n<p>Although Free did not go into specifics of the accord, he insisted it would satisfy the unions\u2019 memberships \u2014 made up of 3,500 workers \u2014 without shifting the cost onto riders.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou negotiate, you go back and forth and provide different ideas to make it affordable and acceptable,\u201d Free said. \u201cThe unions want to be able to ratify it with their membership. And as the unions said last night, they wouldn\u2019t have accepted the deal if they couldn\u2019t get it ratified. And we wouldn\u2019t have accepted the deal if it put a burden on the taxpayers and the ridership.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Free\u2019s comments came in response to reports from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/bern_hogan\/status\/2056741019484410011\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NY1<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/harpfreee\/status\/2056789607803461732?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Chief<\/a> that the tentative agreement includes a 4.5% raise for LIRR workers for 2026, the final year of a four-year contract.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Part of the agreement involves extending the contract for a period beyond 12 months, reports indicate. It will also include a $3,000 lump-sum payout in addition to the raise.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_137849627\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-137849627\" style=\"max-width: 799px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-137849627\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"image-caption\">Long Island Rail Road President Rob Free.<\/span><span class=\"image-credit\">(Marc A. Hermann \/ MTA)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>The sum is not far below the 5% raise for this year that union bosses wanted, but MTA leadership previously said was not acceptable because it would blast a hole in the agency\u2019s budget. They <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amny.com\/news\/mta-warns-lirr-strike-contingency-plans\/\" target=\"_blank\">contended that such an expense<\/a> would force to them to raise fares or the state to raise taxes in order to make up the shortfall.<\/p>\n<p>When asked how the MTA was able to square greenlighting a raise that was not far below an amount they vehemently fought against, Free said the agency secured other changes that make the increase financially viable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are things in there that make it more affordable \u2014 make it more palatable for the unions to agree on and make it easier for us to fit within a financial structure,\u201d Free said.\n<\/p>\n<p>Free did not specify the changes to which he referred. The unions themselves were quiet about the deal\u2019s details on Tuesday.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>However, reports indicated they include shifting from paper to electronic paychecks for LIRR workers and barring them from accruing overtime for participating in virtual trainings.\n<\/p>\n<p>He also noted that because the deal is below 5%, it avoids the MTA\u2019s fear that it would set a level from which other MTA unions would negotiate their contracts. The MTA is particularly concerned about the union representing the largest portion of its workforce \u2014 TWU Local 100 \u2014 basing its own raise requests on the deal.<\/p>\n<p>The deal still must be ratified by members of the five unions, which is why Free said he could not disclose its contents publicly, and subsequently approved by the MTA board, which is set to meet on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amny.com\/news\/lirr-strike-fallout-mta-defends-deal-service-resumes\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A top MTA official defended on Tuesday the agency\u2019s tentative deal with five Long Island Rail Road unions that ended their first strike in more than three decades as trains began rolling again at midday. 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