NJ Transit strike ending: trains on track for Tuesday commute

Train service will resume Tuesday to give the agency time to inspect tracks and prepare rail cars. “To offer the understatement of the year, this is a very good outcome,” says Gov. Phil Murphy. This is the second agreement reached between the two parties in three months. The first agreement, which averted a strike in March, was voted down by 87% of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen’s membership. The next step is for the BLET’s 450 or so locomotive engineers to vote on the contract. If they vote it down, there will be 30 days to bargain for a new contract before the union can seek “self-help” again, or strike. The fight over the expired contract went on for more than five years before it got to a work stoppage. The agency encouraged commuters to consider working from home Monday, if possible.

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