Commuter Rail

Locomotive engineers at NJ Transit and the agency’s management remain at odds as stalled contract negotiations at an impasse over wages threaten to boil over into a disruptive strike in less than a week.

President Donald Trump must intervene in the threatened strike of NJ Transit workers, a New Jersey state lawmaker said Friday.

NJ Transit and the Amalgamated Transit Union have reached a tentative contract agreement.

NJ Transit CEO Kris Kolluri railed against the agency’s locomotive engineers union before Assembly lawmakers Monday ahead of a looming strike, saying their request for larger pay increases puts them at odds with economic realities.

As a result of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers’ vote against a tentative agreement reached between NJ Transit and the BLET leadership, the BLET is threatening to disrupt the lives of more than 350,000 commuters by calling for a strike as early as 12:01 a.m. on Friday, May 16.