NJ Transit strike comes to an end with agreement between union and managers

Posted by Rebecca Cohen | 3 weeks ago | News | Views: 74


The New Jersey Transit rail strike will end Monday after the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen and NJ Transit managers reached a tentative agreement on Sunday, the union announced in a statement.

Trains will resume running on their regular schedules Monday, union officials said. 

BLET said the strike, which began at 12:01 a.m. Friday, was a result of pay disputes, as 450 of its members who work for NJ Transit walked off the job. It brought the nation’s third-largest transit system, which services a total of 350,000 riders, to a halt.


NJ Transit Engineers Go On Strike Stranding Riders
Members of Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen hold signs outside Penn Station in N.Y., on Friday. Anthony Behar / AP



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