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3,500 Workers Walk Out as BLET Teamsters, Union Coalition Launch LIRR Strike
May 16, 2026
WASHINGTON, May 16 [Category: Union] -- The International Brotherhood of Teamsters posted the following news release:

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3,500 Workers Walk Out as BLET Teamsters, Union Coalition Launch LIRR Strike

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Press Contact: Jamie Horwitz Phone: (202) 549-2021 Email: jhdcpr@starpower.net

(NEW YORK) - Teamsters with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) at the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) have launched a strike along . . .

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