A strike on the Long Island Rail Road was averted — for now — as union officials took an unprecedented move Monday to ask the Trump administration to intervene. A coalition of five unions wants the feds to put together a presidential emergency board, labor leaders said during a press conference — as they took numerous shots at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and Gov. Hochul. But the Manhattan Institute’s Ken Girardin explains why it’s a bad idea:
Labor unions representing Long Island Rail Road employees went full-steam ahead this month toward a destructive strike, only to hit the brakes when the Hochul administration didn’t blink.
Now they’re appealing to the Dealmaker-in-Chief, President Trump, to help them save face.
For the sake of Long Island commuters, New York taxpayers and his own credibility regarding government efficiency, President Trump should say no, and reroute them back to the same negotiating table that labor walked away from.
The unions representing about half of LIRR employees for weeks have been threatening to walk off the job.
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Ken Girardin is a fellow at the Manhattan Institute
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