美国长岛铁路（LIRR）工人于5月16日发起罢工，导致全美最繁忙的通勤铁路系统全面停运，数十万依赖该线路往返曼哈顿与长岛的上班族受到严重影响。这是LIRR数十年来最大规模的劳资纠纷，工会与运营商在薪资和工作条件谈判上陷入僵局。纽约州州长紧急呼吁双方回到谈判桌，联邦劳工部门已介入调解。罢工对纽约都会区经济和交通造成显著冲击。
Long Island Rail Road workers launched a strike on May 16, shutting down the busiest commuter railroad in the United States. Hundreds of thousands of daily commuters between Manhattan and Long Island face severe disruptions. It marks the largest labor dispute in LIRR’s recent history, with negotiations over wages and working conditions at a stalemate. New York’s governor has urged both sides back to negotiations as federal mediators step in.