Posts tagged Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers & Trainmen

Press Release Research ● Unions

As an LIRR Strike Looms, the Empire Center Publishes the Disputed Contracts

September 14, 2025 // According to figures provided by the MTA, the engineers’ current average wage of $49.92 per hour is 7 percent higher than the industry norm. With overtime, LIRR engineers collected an average of more than $160,000 in 2025. The agency said negotiations have stalled because the unions are demanding 16 percent in pay raises over the next three years, which is 6.5 points more than what other MTA bargaining units previously agreed to.

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Op-ed / Commentary ● Labor Unions

Op-ed: Reject The Rail Crew Mandate And Embrace Deregulation

June 24, 2025 // This destructive, union-backed rule undermines voluntary labor-management agreements that already govern crew sizes in a more flexible and effective manner. The Center for Transportation Advancement points out that rigid staffing mandates override productive negotiations and mimic the failed "full crew" laws of the early 1900s—laws long since repealed because they served union interests, not public safety.