New Jersey rail strike averted, deal reached
Commuters board the northbound train to NYC from Princeton Junction Station. (Alan Tu/WHYY)
New Jersey Transit and its rail workers have reached a deal to avert a strike that would have thrown Monday’s commute into New York into chaos.
The agency reached a contract Friday with railroad workers who had threatened to walk off the job at 12:01 a.m. Sunday. The settlement culminates a dispute that has been percolating for nearly five years, when the last contract expired.
The unions had been seeking a 2.9 percent annual wage increase over six years plus an increase in health insurance payments from 1.8 percent to 2 percent of straight pay. NJ Transit offered average 1.4 percent wage increases and health insurance payments, rising from 10 percent to 20 percent.
About 105,000 people commute into New York by train each weekday, either on NJ Transit or in combination with PATH.
WHYY is your source for fact-based, in-depth journalism and information. As a nonprofit organization, we rely on financial support from readers like you. Please give today.
Attorneys for George Norcross to argue charges against him should be dismissed
Prosecutors argue defense attorneys for the South Jersey Democratic boss and his co-defendants don’t understand the charges against them.
2 hours ago
New Jersey leads effort to challenge Trump’s executive order to end birthright citizenship
N.J. Attorney General Matt Platkin said Tuesday that he’s leading a group of 22 states, D.C. and the city of San Francisco in filing a lawsuit blocking Trump’s order.
5 hours ago
With the congestion pricing toll, drivers must pay an extra $9 to enter midtown Manhattan.
6 hours ago