LIRR strike talks: MTA, unions meeting Monday

"We’re ready to talk about wage increases ... but we need to have a serious discussion figuring out how to pay for them through collaborative productivity improvements, which are very achievable," MTA Chairman and CEO Janno Lieber said on March 25.

LIRR labor leaders have said the MTA can afford to pay the unions what they want without having to raise fares, which most recently went up by an average of about 4% in January.

"They have the money," Kevin Sexton, national vice president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, and a spokesman for the five unions, said at an April 8 news conference. "There is no reason why this should have to raise their expenses."
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