#Latest news with #trainmenWashington Post19-05-2025BusinessWashington PostNew Jersey rail strike ends with pay raise for workers, union saysA tentative agreement has been reached to end a New Jersey rail strike by raising the wages of locomotive engineers and trainees whose picketing halted the country's third-largest transit system and threatened to snarl New York City work commutes this week. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET), whose three-day rail strike was the first in the state since 1983, said Sunday night that a deal had been struck after weekend negotiations with the NJ Transit managers. Trains will return to full scheduled service Tuesday after infrastructure inspections.
Washington Post19-05-2025BusinessWashington PostNew Jersey rail strike ends with pay raise for workers, union saysA tentative agreement has been reached to end a New Jersey rail strike by raising the wages of locomotive engineers and trainees whose picketing halted the country's third-largest transit system and threatened to snarl New York City work commutes this week. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET), whose three-day rail strike was the first in the state since 1983, said Sunday night that a deal had been struck after weekend negotiations with the NJ Transit managers. Trains will return to full scheduled service Tuesday after infrastructure inspections.