NJ Transit, union called on to mediate in Washington as strike looms
- The National Mediation Board has called for a meeting between NJ Transit and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers in Washington, D.C., to discuss the looming strike on May 16, which would impact hundreds of thousands of riders.
- NJ Transit President & CEO Kris Kolluri stated that he wants to avoid a strike and has welcomed the mediation invitation to resolve the dispute over wages.
- The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers claimed that engineers have not received a raise in the last five years, escalating the current labor dispute.
- New Jersey Transit plans to increase bus service if a rail strike occurs, although the buses cannot accommodate the same volume of passengers as the train service does.
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NJ Transit, union called on to mediate in Washington as strike looms
Editor's note: The video above aired on May 7, 2025. NEW YORK (PIX11) – NJ Transit and the locomotive engineers’ union have been called to Washington, D.C. to mediate amid failing contract negotiations. "I welcome the National Mediation Board's invitation to resume mediation in Washington on Monday, May 12. I have always said we should avoid a strike and not disrupt the lives of 350,000 riders,” NJ Transit President and CEO Kris Kolluri said in …
Will NJ Transit go on strike? Both sides called to DC amid first rail strike threat in decades
The National Mediation Board has called representatives for NJ Transit and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers to a meeting Monday in Washington, D.C., as New Jersey sits on the brink of its first major rail strike in four decades. The move suggests the board is trying to push the two sides to reach an agreement before hundreds of thousands of...
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