The 4.5% raise in the fourth year, with only minor contract concessions, was once widely considered unfathomable.

John Samuelsen, the International President of the Transport Workers Union, talks to CBS News New York's Chris Wragge about the ongoing Long Island Rail Road strike.

Following the last strike in 2005, Transit Workers Union Local 100 signed an affidavit forswearing the right to ever strike ...

New York’s unions are flexing their political muscles this election year, betting that elected officials will be eager to hand them concessions in order to avoid labor’s wrath at the ballot box.

New York transit officials say the alternate travel options they’ve arranged for the Long Island Rail Road strike could not accommodate all commuters.

If history is any indication, the LIRR strike has potential to derail Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul's bid for reelection.

She should use the strike to tackle long-standing problems on the LIRR and meaningfully improve the Empire State’s transit system. The LIRR, which ferries hundreds of thousands of people on a network ...

The shuttle buses served as a lifeline for hundreds of commuters stranded by the strike on Monday morning. But they also drew criticism from labor leaders on the picket line.

Republican opponent Bruce Blakeman said the governor owes small businesses and hourly workers "who got completely screwed by her incompetence" in three-day strike.

More than 40,000 New York City subway and bus workers have now entered their second week without a contract after it expired ...

A long-awaited bill spending $580 billion on American highways and transportation infrastructure is on track to hit the U.S.

Gov. Kathy Hochul facilitated the Long Island Rail Road strike largely to throw shade on Nassau County Executive Bruce ...