Trump to Appoint New Board for Mediations in New York Rail Labor Dispute

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday appointing a new emergency board to mediate the rail labor dispute in New York in hopes of avoiding a possibly crippling strike. This is now the second board that will conduct mediations between New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority and Long Island Rail Road workers, which is made up of a coalition of five unions that requested again for Trump to intervene. About 300,000 passengers could be impacted daily if an agreement is not reached. This has been a three-year contract dispute, which went into mediation more than a year ago. The president signed an initial executive order that named a board in September 2025 to deal with the labor disagreement....