{"id":261927,"date":"2026-05-25T02:47:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T17:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/uncategorized\/2026\/05\/25\/lirr-strike-threatens-300000-commuters-this-monday-morning\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T02:47:56","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T17:47:56","slug":"lirr-strike-threatens-300000-commuters-this-monday-morning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/social\/2026\/05\/25\/lirr-strike-threatens-300000-commuters-this-monday-morning\/","title":{"rendered":"LIRR Strike Threatens 300,000 Commuters This Monday Morning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Translation result<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-union.tenbizt.com\/contents\/crawler-dev\/image\/2026\/05\/CP-2023-0299\/image-29aef1c0-ddc1-407d-83b8-9293eacd25fb.jpeg\" alt=\"AFP\" \uc5f0\ud569\ub274\uc2a4> The Long Island Rail Road (LIRR), New York City\u2019s commuter railroad, went on strike on May 16 (local time), raising concerns that hundreds of thousands of area commuters could face major disruptions. Authorities warn the impact could intensify the morning of May 18, the first workday after the weekend. <\/p>\n<p> The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), which operates the LIRR, announced that the strike has begun and service is suspended. Union leaders and management had been negotiating over wages and work rules, but talks collapsed on May 15. No further bargaining sessions have been scheduled. About 3,500 workers across five unions joined the strike, including engineers, ticket agents, signal operators, electricians and technicians. <\/p>\n<p> The greatest disruption is expected during the morning commute on May 18, when roughly 300,000 New Yorkers typically travel to work. Passengers can turn to buses as an alternative, but peak-hour bus capacity is limited to about 13,000 riders. <\/p>\n<p> Driving is also an option, but the recent spike in gasoline prices may deter some commuters. Local officials warn that major road congestion and overcrowded public transit could worsen simultaneously. <\/p>\n<p> This is the LIRR\u2019s first strike in roughly 30 years and only the fourth in its history. Previous strikes occurred in 1980, 1987 and 1994, lasting from two days to as long as 11 days. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Long Island Rail Road union has gone on strike, causing concerns for commuters in New York City starting on the morning of the 18th.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/cdn-union.tenbizt.com\/contents\/crawler-dev\/thumbnail\/2026\/05\/CP-2023-0299\/thumb-eccce21b-966e-4c0a-bf68-b43a6a11c4d2.jpg","footnotes":""},"categories":[278100],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-261927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-social"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>LIRR Strike Threatens 300,000 Commuters This Monday Morning<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Long Island Rail Road union has gone on strike, causing concerns for commuters in New York City starting on the morning of the 18th.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/social\/2026\/05\/25\/lirr-strike-threatens-300000-commuters-this-monday-morning\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"ko_KR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"LIRR Strike Threatens 300,000 Commuters This Monday Morning\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Long Island Rail Road union has gone on strike, causing concerns for commuters in New York City starting on the morning of the 18th.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/social\/2026\/05\/25\/lirr-strike-threatens-300000-commuters-this-monday-morning\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"nonhyeon-ilbo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-05-24T17:47:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-05-24T17:47:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn-union.tenbizt.com\/contents\/crawler-dev\/image\/2026\/05\/CP-2023-0299\/image-29aef1c0-ddc1-407d-83b8-9293eacd25fb.jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"\uac1c\ubc1c\uae30\ud68d\ud300\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/social\/2026\/05\/25\/lirr-strike-threatens-300000-commuters-this-monday-morning\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/social\/2026\/05\/25\/lirr-strike-threatens-300000-commuters-this-monday-morning\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\uac1c\ubc1c\uae30\ud68d\ud300\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/b2265094fd34d8bb5cfbaf6040fa17d3\"},\"headline\":\"LIRR Strike Threatens 300,000 Commuters This Monday Morning\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-24T17:47:55+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-05-24T17:47:56+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/social\/2026\/05\/25\/lirr-strike-threatens-300000-commuters-this-monday-morning\/\"},\"wordCount\":214,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/social\/2026\/05\/25\/lirr-strike-threatens-300000-commuters-this-monday-morning\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/cdn-union.tenbizt.com\/contents\/crawler-dev\/image\/2026\/05\/CP-2023-0299\/image-29aef1c0-ddc1-407d-83b8-9293eacd25fb.jpeg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Social\"],\"inLanguage\":\"ko-KR\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/social\/2026\/05\/25\/lirr-strike-threatens-300000-commuters-this-monday-morning\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/social\/2026\/05\/25\/lirr-strike-threatens-300000-commuters-this-monday-morning\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/social\/2026\/05\/25\/lirr-strike-threatens-300000-commuters-this-monday-morning\/\",\"name\":\"LIRR Strike Threatens 300,000 Commuters This Monday Morning\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/social\/2026\/05\/25\/lirr-strike-threatens-300000-commuters-this-monday-morning\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/social\/2026\/05\/25\/lirr-strike-threatens-300000-commuters-this-monday-morning\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/cdn-union.tenbizt.com\/contents\/crawler-dev\/image\/2026\/05\/CP-2023-0299\/image-29aef1c0-ddc1-407d-83b8-9293eacd25fb.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-24T17:47:55+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-05-24T17:47:56+00:00\",\"description\":\"The Long Island Rail Road union has gone on strike, causing concerns for commuters in New York City starting on the morning of the 18th.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/social\/2026\/05\/25\/lirr-strike-threatens-300000-commuters-this-monday-morning\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"ko-KR\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/social\/2026\/05\/25\/lirr-strike-threatens-300000-commuters-this-monday-morning\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"ko-KR\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/social\/2026\/05\/25\/lirr-strike-threatens-300000-commuters-this-monday-morning\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cdn-union.tenbizt.com\/contents\/crawler-dev\/image\/2026\/05\/CP-2023-0299\/image-29aef1c0-ddc1-407d-83b8-9293eacd25fb.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cdn-union.tenbizt.com\/contents\/crawler-dev\/image\/2026\/05\/CP-2023-0299\/image-29aef1c0-ddc1-407d-83b8-9293eacd25fb.jpeg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/social\/2026\/05\/25\/lirr-strike-threatens-300000-commuters-this-monday-morning\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"\ud648\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Social\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/category\/social\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"LIRR Strike Threatens 300,000 Commuters This Monday Morning\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/\",\"name\":\"nonhyeon-ilbo\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"nonhyeon-ilbo\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"ko-KR\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"nonhyeon-ilbo\",\"alternateName\":\"nonhyeon-ilbo\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"ko-KR\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cdn.tenbizt.com\/tenbizt\/2026\/02\/05114330\/mvp-org-logo-696x696-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cdn.tenbizt.com\/tenbizt\/2026\/02\/05114330\/mvp-org-logo-696x696-1.jpg\",\"width\":696,\"height\":696,\"caption\":\"nonhyeon-ilbo\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/b2265094fd34d8bb5cfbaf6040fa17d3\",\"name\":\"\uac1c\ubc1c\uae30\ud68d\ud300\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/author\/fastmaster\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"LIRR Strike Threatens 300,000 Commuters This Monday Morning","description":"The Long Island Rail Road union has gone on strike, causing concerns for commuters in New York City starting on the morning of the 18th.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/social\/2026\/05\/25\/lirr-strike-threatens-300000-commuters-this-monday-morning\/","og_locale":"ko_KR","og_type":"article","og_title":"LIRR Strike Threatens 300,000 Commuters This Monday Morning","og_description":"The Long Island Rail Road union has gone on strike, causing concerns for commuters in New York City starting on the morning of the 18th.","og_url":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/social\/2026\/05\/25\/lirr-strike-threatens-300000-commuters-this-monday-morning\/","og_site_name":"nonhyeon-ilbo","article_published_time":"2026-05-24T17:47:55+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-05-24T17:47:56+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/cdn-union.tenbizt.com\/contents\/crawler-dev\/image\/2026\/05\/CP-2023-0299\/image-29aef1c0-ddc1-407d-83b8-9293eacd25fb.jpeg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"\uac1c\ubc1c\uae30\ud68d\ud300","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/social\/2026\/05\/25\/lirr-strike-threatens-300000-commuters-this-monday-morning\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/social\/2026\/05\/25\/lirr-strike-threatens-300000-commuters-this-monday-morning\/"},"author":{"name":"\uac1c\ubc1c\uae30\ud68d\ud300","@id":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/b2265094fd34d8bb5cfbaf6040fa17d3"},"headline":"LIRR Strike Threatens 300,000 Commuters This Monday Morning","datePublished":"2026-05-24T17:47:55+00:00","dateModified":"2026-05-24T17:47:56+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/social\/2026\/05\/25\/lirr-strike-threatens-300000-commuters-this-monday-morning\/"},"wordCount":214,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/social\/2026\/05\/25\/lirr-strike-threatens-300000-commuters-this-monday-morning\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cdn-union.tenbizt.com\/contents\/crawler-dev\/image\/2026\/05\/CP-2023-0299\/image-29aef1c0-ddc1-407d-83b8-9293eacd25fb.jpeg","articleSection":["Social"],"inLanguage":"ko-KR","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/social\/2026\/05\/25\/lirr-strike-threatens-300000-commuters-this-monday-morning\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/social\/2026\/05\/25\/lirr-strike-threatens-300000-commuters-this-monday-morning\/","url":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/social\/2026\/05\/25\/lirr-strike-threatens-300000-commuters-this-monday-morning\/","name":"LIRR Strike Threatens 300,000 Commuters This Monday Morning","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/social\/2026\/05\/25\/lirr-strike-threatens-300000-commuters-this-monday-morning\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/social\/2026\/05\/25\/lirr-strike-threatens-300000-commuters-this-monday-morning\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cdn-union.tenbizt.com\/contents\/crawler-dev\/image\/2026\/05\/CP-2023-0299\/image-29aef1c0-ddc1-407d-83b8-9293eacd25fb.jpeg","datePublished":"2026-05-24T17:47:55+00:00","dateModified":"2026-05-24T17:47:56+00:00","description":"The Long Island Rail Road union has gone on strike, causing concerns for commuters in New York City starting on the morning of the 18th.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/social\/2026\/05\/25\/lirr-strike-threatens-300000-commuters-this-monday-morning\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"ko-KR","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/social\/2026\/05\/25\/lirr-strike-threatens-300000-commuters-this-monday-morning\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"ko-KR","@id":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/social\/2026\/05\/25\/lirr-strike-threatens-300000-commuters-this-monday-morning\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/cdn-union.tenbizt.com\/contents\/crawler-dev\/image\/2026\/05\/CP-2023-0299\/image-29aef1c0-ddc1-407d-83b8-9293eacd25fb.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cdn-union.tenbizt.com\/contents\/crawler-dev\/image\/2026\/05\/CP-2023-0299\/image-29aef1c0-ddc1-407d-83b8-9293eacd25fb.jpeg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/social\/2026\/05\/25\/lirr-strike-threatens-300000-commuters-this-monday-morning\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"\ud648","item":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Social","item":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/category\/social\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"LIRR Strike Threatens 300,000 Commuters This Monday Morning"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/","name":"nonhyeon-ilbo","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/#organization"},"alternateName":"nonhyeon-ilbo","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"ko-KR"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/#organization","name":"nonhyeon-ilbo","alternateName":"nonhyeon-ilbo","url":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"ko-KR","@id":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/cdn.tenbizt.com\/tenbizt\/2026\/02\/05114330\/mvp-org-logo-696x696-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cdn.tenbizt.com\/tenbizt\/2026\/02\/05114330\/mvp-org-logo-696x696-1.jpg","width":696,"height":696,"caption":"nonhyeon-ilbo"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/b2265094fd34d8bb5cfbaf6040fa17d3","name":"\uac1c\ubc1c\uae30\ud68d\ud300","url":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/author\/fastmaster\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261927"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=261927"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261927\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}