"Infrastructure such as equipping workers with laptops and the use of web conferencing technology allowed businesses to operate on the third, and ultimately, last day of the Long Island Rail Road union strike, major hospital networks and local business advocates said."
""A lot of employers listened to the message from the governor and the Long Island Rail Road and implemented remote work for employees that can do that," Stacey I. Sikes, acting president and CEO of the Long Island Association business group said early Monday."
"Ahead of the strike, business leaders and economists said a shutdown of the major transportation artery could cost the region an estimated $61 million in lost economic activity daily, according to recent figures from the state comptroller's office."
"Still, business owners and other industry observers said operations at many workplaces, particularly those with technological capacities that allowed employees to work remotely, continued normally largely due to contingency planning."
Some Long Island employers used technology and remote work policies created during COVID to continue operating during the LIRR shutdown. Hospitals and large companies equipped workers with laptops and used web conferencing tools to maintain services during the union strike’s last day. Major hospital networks and local business advocates said these measures reduced disruption for employees who could work remotely. The strike halted service on the nation’s busiest commuter rail system for the first time in 32 years and increased commute times for many residents. Business leaders had estimated large daily economic losses from the shutdown, but many workplaces continued largely normally due to contingency planning and technological capacity.
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