May 16 (Reuters) – About 3,500 workers at New York’s Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) went on strike on Saturday after failing to reach a wage agreement, halting the busiest commuter rail system in the United States, according to a union statement.
The Long Island Rail Road serves nearly 300,000 passengers daily.
(Reporting by Mihika Sharma in Bengaluru; Editing by Tom Hogue)
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