{"id":2435441,"date":"2025-05-16T08:19:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T12:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nj-transit-locomotive-engineers-union-goes-on-strike-early-friday-morning\/"},"modified":"2025-05-16T08:20:32","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T12:20:32","slug":"nj-transit-locomotive-engineers-union-goes-on-strike-early-friday-morning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nj-transit-locomotive-engineers-union-goes-on-strike-early-friday-morning\/","title":{"rendered":"NJ Transit locomotive engineers union goes on strike early Friday morning"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnj-transit-locomotive-engineers-union-goes-on-strike-early-friday-morning%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2435441&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The NJ Transit locomotive engineers union has gone on strike early Friday morning after failing to reach a contract agreement with the transportation company. This marks New Jersey&#8217;s first transit strike since 1983, affecting hundreds of thousands of commuters in the New York Metropolitan area. The labor dispute comes after the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers turned down a contract offer a month prior. Approximately 450 union members participated in the strike, which resulted in a complete suspension of NJ Transit rail services, including Metro-North service. <\/p>\n<p>The union expressed frustration regarding wage negotiations, highlighting that despite NJ Transit&#8217;s financial resources for various projects, they have not allocated sufficient funds for <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >front-line workers&#8217; wages<\/a>. NJ Transit CEO Kris Kolluri referred to the strike as a &#8220;pause&#8221; in negotiations and expressed a desire to continue discussions promptly. New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy called for a fair and expedient resolution to the situation, recognizing its implications for commuters and taxpayers. The strike potentially impacts around 350,000 daily riders, underscoring the importance of the transit system within the region.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">NJ Transit locomotive engineers union goes on strike early Friday morning<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2122934\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-jersey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">New Jersey<\/a> Transit locomotive engineers went on strike early Friday morning after negotiations between the transportation company and union workers failed to produce a contract agreement.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It was Garden State&rsquo;s first transit strike since 1983. <span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">Due to the work stoppage, hundreds of thousands of people in the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-york\/\" target=\"_blank\">New York<\/a>&nbsp;Metropolitan area will have to find other means of transportation for their morning commut<\/span>e. Friday&rsquo;s strike came after the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers <a href=\"https:\/\/6abc.com\/post\/nj-transit-strike-2025-update-talks-set-continue-rail-engineer-walkout-nears\/16424525\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reportedly<\/a> turned down a contract a month ago.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/3412175\/publicly-defiant-elite-universities-privately-hire-trump-lobbyists\/\">Publicly defiant, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anti-trump-universities-line-up-to-hire-pro-trump-lobbyists\/\" title=\"Anti-Trump universities line up to hire pro-Trump lobbyists\">elite universities privately line<\/a> up to hire lobbyists close to Trump<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/business\/3412750\/over-20-conservative-groups-sign-letter-fcc-update-antiquated-harmful-restrictions\/\">Over 20 conservative groups sign letter calling on FCC to update &#8216;antiquated and harmful&#8217; restrictions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3413653\/rubio-calls-iran-a-threshold-nuclear-weapon-state\/\">Rubio calls Iran a &lsquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rubio-calls-iran-a-threshold-nuclear-weapon-state-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Rubio calls Iran a \u2018threshold nuclear weapon state\u2019 - Washington Examiner\">threshold nuclear weapon state&#038;rsquo<\/a>;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;The locomotive engineers of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers (BLET) have voted to strike, which means the complete suspension of NJ TRANSIT rail service, including Metro-North west of Hudson service,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.njtransit.com\/railstoppage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> a message on the NJ Transit website. &ldquo;NJ TRANSIT strongly encourages all those who can work from home to do so and limit traveling on the NJ TRANSIT system to essential purposes only.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen union reportedly announced its intention to proceed with a strike about 30 minutes before Thursday night&rsquo;s deadline for a contract resolution. Around 450 union members participated in the work stoppage.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;After 15 hours of non<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nj-transit-locomotive-engineers-union-goes-on-strike-early-friday-morning-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"... goes on ... - Washington Examiner\">-stop contract talks today<\/a>, no agreement on a wage increase was reached this evening,&rdquo; the union <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/05\/15\/us-news\/nj-transit-engineers-on-strike-after-contract-negotiations-fail-wreaking-havoc-on-commuters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">declared<\/a> in a released statement.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Our members at NJ Transit had the full support of our national union, as well as the Teamsters,&rdquo; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\/news\/local-news\/nj-transit-unable-to-reach-contract-deal-with-engineers\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> Mark Wallace, the union&rsquo;s national president. &ldquo;NJ Transit has a half-billion dollars for a swanky new headquarters and $53 million for decorating the interior of that unnecessary building. They gave away $20 million in revenue during a fare holiday last year. They have money for penthouse views and pet projects, just not for their front-line workers. Enough is enough. We will stay out until our members receive the fair pay that they deserve.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>NJ Transit CEO Kris Kolluri reportedly <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/6abc.com\/post\/nj-transit-strike-2025-update-talks-set-continue-rail-engineer-walkout-nears\/16424525\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">categorized<\/a> the work stoppage as a &ldquo;pause in the conversations.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I certainly expect to pick back up these conversations as soon as possible,&rdquo; Kolluri said Thursday night. &ldquo;If they&rsquo;re willing to meet tonight, I&rsquo;ll meet them again tonight. If they want to meet tomorrow morning, I&rsquo;ll do it again. Because I think this is an eminently workable problem. The question is, do they have the willingness to come to a solution?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/phil-murphy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Phil Murphy<\/a> (D-NJ) urged a quick resolution to the strike. He acknowledged the situation&rsquo;s complexities but called for an agreement &ldquo;that is both fair to employees and at the same time affordable to New Jersey&rsquo;s commuters and taxpayers.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We cannot ignore the agency&rsquo;s fiscal realities,&rdquo; Murphy <a href=\"https:\/\/6abc.com\/post\/nj-transit-strike-2025-update-talks-set-continue-rail-engineer-walkout-nears\/16424525\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3409875\/democrats-oppose-gop-work-requirements-medicaid-snap-benefits\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DEMOCRATS BALK AT WORK REQUIREMENTS FOR MEDICAID AND SNAP BENEFITS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>NJ Transit is the nation&rsquo;s third-largest transit system. It operates buses and trains in the state between New York City and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/philadelphia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Philadelphia<\/a>, according to reports. Trains regularly take commuters to Newark Airport and New York City&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/travel\/3384112\/trump-administration-seized-control-penn-station-renovation-mta\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Penn Station<\/a> daily.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/05\/15\/us-news\/nj-transit-engineers-on-strike-after-contract-negotiations-fail-wreaking-havoc-on-commuters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Murphy<\/a>, the work stoppage could affect as many as 350,000 commuters.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2122934\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2122934\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NJ Transit locomotive engineers strike after failed contract talks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2677,"featured_media":2435442,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/ap18215668813901-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[55357,55356,38885],"class_list":["post-2435441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-locomotive-engineers","tag-nj-transit","tag-union-strike"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/ap18215668813901-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2435441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2435441"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2435441\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2435445,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2435441\/revisions\/2435445"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2435442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2435441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2435441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2435441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}