# Prof. Joseph Foudy explains how telecommuting can mitigate the impact of a transit strike

1 Faculty News July 16, 2014 ![Reuters logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_030503.jpg?itok=0OAgrDF0)>

Excerpt from [Reuters](http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/16/usa-railroad-newyork-telecommunications-idINL2N0PR0XZ20140716) -- "'The strike is not as effective a weapon as it once might have been,' [Foudy](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/joseph-foudy) said ahead of a threatened strike by unionized workers on the Long Island Rail Road that could effectively shut down the nation's largest commuter railway at 12:01 a.m. Sunday."

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Additional coverage appeared on [CNBC](http://www.cnbc.com/id/101842325) and [Yahoo! News](http://news.yahoo.com/telecommuting-blunted-power-potential-york-rail-strike-160820926.html;_ylt=AwrBJR860sdTXWEAk7jQtDMD).