{"id":211465,"date":"2026-04-27T18:03:39","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T18:03:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/211465\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T18:03:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T18:03:39","slug":"news-12-brooklyn-postponed-mta-union-negotiations-increase-risk-of-lirr-worker-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/211465\/","title":{"rendered":"News 12 | Brooklyn | Postponed Mta Union Negotiations Increase Risk Of Lirr Worker Strike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The bargaining session scheduled for Monday between the MTA and labor union representatives before the National Mediation Board has been postponed.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Gerry Bringmann, the chairman of the LIRR Commuters Council, was at the joint committee meeting, and said the new date for talks has yet to be determined. <\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The LIRR and MTA are continuing to review contingency plans in the event of a strike, though officials say they are not prepared to announce any service changes at this time.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">While the deadline nears, <a data-rich-text-hyperlink=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/westchester.news12.com\/2026\/04\/23\/questions-grow-over-how-to-fund-potential-lirr-worker-raises-as-strike-deadline-nears\/36CXuzXYGm1uv2BFwfWm1k\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">questions remain<\/a> over how to fund potential LIRR worker raises.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">As previously reported by News 12, MTA management has offered what it considers a fair contract, but unions are still pushing for a 14.5 percent pay increase over four years, something they say the MTA has enough money for.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The MTA is offering 12.5 percent over four years &#8211; plus an extra 1.5 percent in exchange for concessions on certain work rules.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The two sides have reached an agreement on pay raises for the contract\u2019s first three years but remain at odds over the fourth. <\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The latest Presidential Emergency Board overseeing the negotiations <a data-rich-text-hyperlink=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/longisland.news12.com\/second-presidential-emergency-board-sides-with-lirr-unions-again-in-contract\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">agree the final union offer is reasonable<\/a>.   <\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">MTA management has proposed modifying certain work rules in exchange for higher wages, a proposal unions have opposed. One disputed rule would allow engineers to receive an extra day\u2019s pay if they operate two different types of trains during the same shift.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The deadline to reach a deal is May 16. <\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">News 12 has reached out for a statement from both sides and is waiting to hear back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The bargaining session scheduled for Monday between the MTA and labor union representatives before the National Mediation Board&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":211466,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-211465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211465\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/211466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}