(Reuters) -The Metropolitan Transportation Authority said on Monday that unions had backed off a threat to launch a strike later this week at the Long Island Rail Road that serves nearly 300,000 passengers and commuters daily.
A group of unions said at a press conference they had asked President Donald Trump to appoint an emergency board to conduct mediation after previously threatening to launch a strike.
“This action does not mean a strike won’t happen. But it does mean it won’t happen now,” said Gil Lang, general chairman for the BLET’s LIRR engineers.
(Reporting by David Shepardson; Editing by Chris Reese)
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