NJ Transit on brink of strike
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As late as Wednesday night, the two sides were expressing some optimism for a settlement. Since then, radio silence.
Engineers at New Jersey Transit are poised to go on strike one minute after midnight Friday morning, a stoppage that would create huge problems for100,000 daily train commuters, businesses across the New York metropolitan area as well as fans of Shakira and Beyoncé,
As NJ Transit enters the final hours of negotiations with the workers’ union, the transit agency is warning commuters to prepare for service to end on Friday at midnight. NJ Transit added a notice to its website warning travelers to get to their destinations by 11:59 p.
NJ Transit is already preparing for the walkout by urging as many people as possible to start working from home.
With a strike looming as soon as Friday, officials of NJ Transit and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers met with the National Mediation Board on Monday in Washington. No agreement was reached. NJ Transit CEO Kris Kolluri thanked the board for convening the meeting in a statement,