Long Island Rail Road strike enters day 2 with no talks scheduled

[TBF]

3. Not local to NY so not sure about the issues -

I did look up MAT's CEO and he's making a little less than comparable positions in other cities (although 400K is nothing to sneeze at) ... at any rate, I have no idea how he is at running the operation. He's been in the perm position a few years and was a journalist previously if the sources are correct.

I wonder if health care is the sticking point in this dispute. It's getting so hard for workers in this country, being nickel and dimed at every turn. A lot of countries have figured out how to transition into a comprehensive national plan for healthcare, and we are woefully lacking on that in this country.