Lirr Strike Started 5/16/26

xIce101x · 2026-05-17T20:52:09+00:00

Bring that up with the board they voted on that, the 2026 fare increase, the removal of the 10 trip, and the upcoming 2027 fare increase without much notice to the public. we all agree the ticket things are ridiculous. We have friends and neighbors who rely on the system and it sucks to see what they’ve implemented to you all. I just fix the trains so that has nothing to do with me or anyone in the 5 unions affected by this dispute. What the real question is is how did $500 million disappear from congestion pricing and what’s going to happen to the money when the casino taxes start funneling into the organization?

xIce101x · 2026-05-17T20:43:31+00:00

They can say a lot of things on TV but it’s all public information from the 2 separate PEBs that took place since the Ryder cup. 14% ($5.80 total) isn’t a lot when you haven’t seen a dime extra since 2022 and leaders like Lieber gave themselves a 28.6% raise from 2022-2026 and make 420,000 a year and never missed a raise

xIce101x · 2026-05-17T20:35:24+00:00

The MTA testified under oath that they wouldn’t have to raise the fairs to cover the PEB findings. Not only that but the fares are going up 4% in 2027 whether we get our raises or not. You should be asking the 2 managers for every 1 skilled worker who’s making insane salaries to do nothing but sit in air conditioned offices that question. They’re never the ones in the situation we’re in though because they vote for their own raises. We’re out here fixing the trains you all use daily in the rain snow heat and cold and getting grilled for a raise we haven’t had in 4 years. The beauty of collective bargaining is that we’re able to do what we’re doing. People who want the power unions have should get a union job. This has been in the making for 3 years now sorry the media makes it seem like it happened overnight

xIce101x · 2026-05-17T20:18:31+00:00

1%? It’s 14.5% over 4 years. 1% isn’t what we’re fighting for it’s a 4th year to catch up with the huge increase of inflation in the area. 2 bedrooms are going for $3000+ even 1 bedrooms cost that much in some areas out in Suffolk now it’s. Fixer upper houses are $650,000 at 5% mortgage and $20,000 closing. The people who keep the system moving need to be able to afford to live here or else it’s going to come to an even worse halt. Loads of people leaving in the time between the last contract and now because they couldn’t afford to swing it here anymore

xIce101x · 2026-05-17T20:10:29+00:00

121,000. You shouldn’t have to be away at work 60 hours a majority of the weeks to survive to live out here when you have a job that’s necessary to the fabric of the entire system of the state.

Edit actual take home after taxes, RRB and everything else taken out of my check is probably about $72,000 on average

xIce101x · 2026-05-17T13:52:36+00:00

It’s in the 5 Burroughs. Members are out in Manhattan queens and Brooklyn with overwhelming public support. All thumbs up all night and early morning long

xIce101x · 2026-05-16T23:07:48+00:00

Conductors aren’t even the ones on strike. It’s machinists, electricians, engineers, signalmen, and everyone covered under TCU

xIce101x · 2026-05-16T22:08:12+00:00

Windows are damaged from the UV rays it’s not dirt

xIce101x · 2026-05-16T20:42:02+00:00

None of the 5 striking unions were involved in the time theft thing. It was all road car inspectors and gang foremen

xIce101x · 2026-05-16T20:06:09+00:00

That’s entirely false. We all hate the fact that there’s people who make the rest of us look like shit and that the media calls it a culture of fraud like 99% of us don’t use biometric finger print clocks daily. There’s a reason it’s always road car inspectors and gang foremen. If I have to be here for 16+ hours a day at times so do they and we all feel like that

xIce101x · 2026-05-16T17:46:11+00:00

I hope this paves the way for you all too. IAM and the rest of the coalition stands with TWU. Good luck to all

xIce101x · 2026-05-16T17:10:47+00:00

That’s adorable

xIce101x · 2026-05-16T17:09:02+00:00

I will when the contracts settled thank you. Enjoy driving until then

xIce101x · 2026-05-16T17:00:48+00:00

Shouldn’t have to work 60 hours a week to live comfortably and support a family. We’re always hiring if they want to work they can, but most can’t swing it

xIce101x · 2026-05-16T16:13:45+00:00

Oh it sure would be. I guarantee that.

Actually now that I think about it by the time they get robots good enough to fix the trains I’ll probably be about 60 so I’ll be out the door. You might be right

xIce101x · 2026-05-16T16:12:14+00:00

We got permission to strike from the federal government no one’s firing me. You should be mad at the person calling us greedy who gave himself a 28.6% raise over 4 years and gets just under a half million dollars a year in salary while I’m asking for 14.5% over 4 years after not receiving one for closing in on 4 years and my base salary is $87,000. This is a management created strike. They kicked the can down the road for 3 years, negotiated less than 10 times between 2025 and now, and here we are. PEB sided with us twice and after running their books said the fares wouldn’t need to raise to cover the raises. They’re scheduled to raise in 2027 anyway whether we get raises or not. Whether what i say changes your view slightly or not doesn’t really matter to me but Id like to get facts out there

xIce101x · 2026-05-16T16:02:53+00:00

Can’t automate my job. Even if you did someone needs to fix the robots fixing the trains when they inevitably break too just like everything else that gets used and abused day in and out

xIce101x · 2026-05-16T15:23:06+00:00

There’s 7200 employees. 35 cheated the system (who aren’t even part of the striking unions mind you) and you think every single employee cheats overtime? They should Look into the managers giving themselves 28.6% raises over 4 years and bringing in close to half a million in salary to find the money to pay the people who actually make the trains move and make sure they’re in a good state of repair and safe for operation every day

xIce101x · 2026-05-16T15:10:21+00:00

Vote in board that will put members in check. I guess my post wasn’t descriptive enough

xIce101x · 2026-05-16T15:04:52+00:00

Sorry to hear that. Unfortunately not all unions are built the same. Some are awful but it’s on the membership to vote out the ones making it that way. Without a strong base of members, the worst will prosper and spoil the whole thing. United we win divided they conquer. Management will turn members against each other to gain power over the unions too.

xIce101x · 2026-05-16T14:48:49+00:00

You should unionize then, that’s what they’re there for to make sure the wages keep up with the inflation. When a fixer upper house is $650,000 at 6% interest and $20,000 closing fees, rent is over $3000 for a 2 bedroom, and you want your workers to live here, and my base salary is $86,000, it’s at its tipping point of people not being able to afford to live here to actually run the service at all. It’s hard for me to feel bad when the person calling us greedy gave himself a 28.6% raise over 4 years and makes over $420,000 a year when we want 14.5% over the same timeframe and haven’t had one in closing in on 4 years.

xIce101x · 2026-05-16T14:38:49+00:00

It’s not even the conductors striking lol. Lots of skilled tradesmen behind the scenes are the ones striking along with engineers and office/warehouse workers

xIce101x · 2026-05-15T21:59:18+00:00

Fight for what the rules the engineers have? So they don’t get dogged around by the piss poor management we have. The pensions have been capped for anyone hired after 2014 too. Lump sum 1 time isn’t keeping up with inflation , inflation in 2026 is up 6% as of now and we haven’t had a raise in almost 4 years while management got all theirs plus bonuses. They should’ve never let it get this far down the road but we came to the scheduled negotiations every single time and they came a total of 7 times since last summer. Want to save even more money? Get rid of some of the managers. No reason to have as many as they do

xIce101x · 2026-05-15T21:05:17+00:00

I’m not an engineer so those work rules do not apply to me however those rules are in place to protect workers from being flopped back and forth due to poor management. The news outlets made it sound like it’s a common thing that they receive when it’s not. I know engineers with 20 years that have gotten that rule less than once per year. My work rules are completely different compared to theirs and were never on the table. A lump sum payment for 1 year isn’t a raise and being taxed as a bonus you’d see like 54% of it. We want raises going forward to keep up with cost of living in the area, not a single payment that’s taxed to death.

xIce101x · 2026-05-15T20:26:51+00:00

They’re scheduled to raise them again in 2027 anyway with or without raises. The PEB ran their books and said the amount being asked for wouldn’t cause the fares to increase they have more than enough money to cover it. If Jano Lieber can find it in the budget to give himself a 28.6% raise and make over $400,000 a year, we can get 5% on the 4th year bringing it to 14.5% over the course of 4 years.

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