# @newsday on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DYVXqitIzfJ
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/65452579-newsday-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-05-14T21:22:25.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Newsday • Long Island News (@newsday) — https://gondola.cc/newsday

## Caption

Heading into Thursday’s critical negotiating session with MTA managers, LIRR union leaders reiterated that they have no interest in a contract settlement made up of a one-time lump-sum payment.

The MTA’s chief negotiator said the transit authority’s latest offer would give workers the financial equivalent of the 4.5% wage increase recommended by federal mediators, half a percentage point from the unions’ demands of 5%.

But rather than coming in standard wage increases, the money would be in a lump sum payment, which MTA officials have said would be more affordable for management over the long run.

In a statement Thursday, the coalition of five unions still “rejects the one-time payment gimmick,” in part because, without a real raise, wages would default to 2025 levels when the unions return to the bargaining table for their next contract.

Read the latest news on a possible LIRR strike at the link in bio.
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