NJ Transit engineers picket outside of Penn Station on Friday, May 16, 2025. (Emma Seiwell / New York Daily News) By New York Daily News Editorial Board. PUBLISHED: May 17, 2025 at 4:05 AM EDT.

A top New Jersey Transit union official said Friday the railroad needs to make significant movement on wages if a potentially crippling strike is to be averted before a May 16 deadline.

NJ Transit and its engineers have reached a tentative agreement to end a strike that crippled the nation’s third-largest commuter rail system. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and ...

The strike, which was the first NJ Transit strike in over 40 years, began after midnight on Friday morning. It majorly disrupted tens of thousands of Garden State commuters working in New York City.

New Jersey Transit has reached a tentative deal with its striking union members on Sunday, but Jersey residents should still expect a messy Monday commute. Trains won’t be up and running just ...

Four hundred and fifty train engineers at New Jersey Transit (NJT) walked off the job early Friday morning, after years of fruitless negotiations with their employer. These workers drive the state ...

Plans for light rail technology and expansion of existing rail systems dominated a conference with a New Jersey flavor, held in Jersey City and sponsored by Railway Age and its sibling publication ...

Negotiations to avert NJ Transit strike continue with engineers' union 01:48. Tensions are rising between New Jersey Transit and the union representing its engineers.. Trains are still running ...

Kevin Corbett, President and CEO of New Jersey Transit, will give the luncheon address at the Railway Age/RT&S Light Rail 2022 Conference, November 16-17, Boston, which returns to a live, in-person ...

Tuesday, union General Chair Tom Haas said in a statement the median salary for an NJ Transit engineer in 2024 was $105,000 (a median is the middle value in a list of figures, but not the same as ...

New Jersey Transit's train engineers have overwhelmingly approved a tentative deal that ended their three-day strike last month that halted service for some 100,000 daily riders, including routes ...

NJ Transit has failed to reach an agreement with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen union, resulting in the first major transit strike to hit New Jersey since 1983.