How Newsday covered the last LIRR strike in 1994
Union chief Edward Yule Jr. announces the LIRR strike at about 1:20 a.m. on June 17, 1994. Credit: Newsday/John Keating
Newsday reporters and columnists took to the streets in June 1994 to cover the last Long Island Rail Road strike.
"Commuters' worst fears" were realized that June 17.
LIRR customers took to school buses, minivans, subways and helicopters to get around after their trains stopped running.
Read the three days of print coverage here.
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