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LIRR Strike averted for now

trains at Hoboken station

There will be no Long Island Rail Road engineers strike this week.

Locomotive engineers and other union workers were threatening to walk off the job on Thursday, which would bring LIRR trains to a halt. However, President Trump signed an executive order Tuesday that establishes a board to investigate a dispute between the LIRR and the unions. That pushes off any potential strike for months. The unions and LIRR are having trouble coming to an agreement on wages.