President Donald Trump on Tuesday, Sept. 16, established an emergency board to step into stalled contract talks between the Long Island Rail Road and several of its unions, temporarily heading off the threat of a strike that could have begun at the end of the week.
The three-member panel, which takes effect Sept. 18, will investigate and issue recommendations within 30 days on the dispute between the railroad and five unions representing about half of the LIRR’s 7,000 unionized employees.
