The agreement reached between Metropolitan Transportation Authority managers and Long Island Rail Road labor leaders to get trains restarted represented a middle ground between the sides' long-held negotiating positions, MTA and union sources said. The MTA agreed to pay workers higher raises than its negotiators had said employees should receive, and unions settled for less than they wanted and agreed to some concessions. Read the full story in the link in bio. (Photo credit: Marcus Santos) . . . #longisland #liny #mta #train #lirrstrike