New Jersey Transit and its rail engineers union mentioned Monday that they’ve agreed on a brand new labor contract, averting a doable strike.
NJ Transit President and CEO Kris Kolluri and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen’s basic chairman, Thomas Haas, introduced the deal in a joint assertion.
Particulars concerning the settlement had been murky. The assertion cited a “reasonable wage increase” for the union’s members, a effectively because the decision of a long-standing grievance.
Messages searching for particulars had been left with each events.
“We believe this agreement not only reflects NJ TRANSIT’s commitment to fairness, efficiency, innovation, and long-term financial sustainability — but it ensures uninterrupted rail service for the 100,000 people who depend on it,” the assertion mentioned.
Final summer time, President Joe Biden signed an govt order making a board to resolve the dispute. On the time, NJ Transit mentioned a strike might be doable as quickly as March 2025.
New Jersey Transit operates buses and rail within the state, offering an estimated 925,000 weekday journeys. The labor dispute goes again to 2019, when the engineers’ contract expired.
