Third largest US transit system poised for strike
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After NJ Transit engineers rejected a grossly inadequate tentative agreement, the Federal government is attempting to prevent a strike that could cripple transit service in the state.
NJ Transit CEO Kris Kolluri told the New York Times Congress could intervene under the federal Railway Labor Act to prevent a strike. The federal law, which dates to 1926, does not bar strikes.
Representatives for NJ Transit and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers are scheduled to meet Monday in Washington, D.C., called there by federal arbitrators to hash out their differences as New Jersey sits on the brink of its first major rail strike in four decades.
NJ Transit said it currently does not have an estimate on how much newly implemented tariffs may impact its bottom line. To date, the Trump administration has not moved to withdraw federal funds ...
Before news of the National Mediation Board's intervention ... Haas said. NJ Transit and its roughly 420 train engineers have been feuding over a new contract since 2020, and federal rules over ...