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NJ Transit pushed a critical service advisory to its hundreds of thousands of customers Thursday, urging them to get to their destinations before midnight or risk being stranded at the start of the first rail strike in decades.
The strike by NJ Transit locomotive engineers is over, with service to resume on Tuesday, May 20. The transit agency and members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen announced this evening (Sunday,
US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has ordered a reduction of traffic at the airport for the “next several weeks,” insisting that it’s safe to fly out of New Jersey’s busiest airport, despite it using an “old” system, which he previously described as being run on “copper wire and floppy disks.”
The union that represents the state’s passenger-train drivers, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, said it called off the strike at about 6 p.m., and NJ Transit said its trains would begin running a full schedule again on Tuesday morning.
GOV. PHIL MURPHY “Over the past several weeks and months, we have been working around the clock to avoid this strike and keep NJ TRANSIT operating at full
The NJ Transit strike entered a third day Sunday, with negotiations aimed at ending the historic work stoppage scheduled to resume. A meeting between state officials and union negotiators with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen ended without a deal Saturday afternoon,
New Jersey Transit is urging riders to reach their destinations or risk being stranded New Jersey Transit urged riders to reach their destinations before the end of the day Thursday or risk being ...
The agency urged riders to reach their destinations before the end of the day Thursday or risk being stranded, as engineers could walk off the job at 12:01 a.m. Friday.
NJ Transit rejected a counter-offer from the union on May 5. Both sides said last week they have agreed on 95% of the contract issues. Wages are the only sticking point. Yes, but with a different ...