President Trump signed an executive order establishing a second emergency board to help resolve a long-running labor dispute on the Long Island Rail Road, where contract talks have been stalled for years and unions had threatened a strike. Rail labor disputes involve critical infrastructure and large numbers of commuter workers. Federal intervention aims to avert service disruptions and shows how labor disagreements can escalate to national policy levels when collective bargaining stalls.
See "Trump names new board to mediate New York rail labor dispute ", Staff, Reuters, January 21, 2026