NEW YORK (WABC) -- Long Island Rail Road union leaders asked for a Presidential Emergency Board on Monday, delaying any potential strike for months -- and likely until May.

The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen announced 99.9% of its 529 active LIRR union members voted to authorize a strike on Monday.

However, the unions announced they are formally requesting that President Trump establish an emergency board. This means that the strike will not occur this week and would extend the timeline for a possible strike into May next year.

A strike of more than 3,000 workers was set for midnight on Thursday and would have impacted more than 270,000 customers.

"These passengers, they're our friends, our neighbors, our family, and they should be treated much better than we've seen

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