New Jersey Transit locomotive engineers went on strike early Friday morning as negotiations between the transportation company and union workers failed to produce a contract agreement.
It is the Garden State’s first transit strike since 1983. The work stoppage is expected to cause hundreds of thousands of people in the New York Metropolitan area to find other means of transportation for their morning commute. Friday’s strike comes after the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers reportedly turned down a contract a month ago.
“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,” read a message on the NJ Transit website. “NJ TRANSIT strongly encourages all those who
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