The base wage for an N.J. Transit engineer is $89,000, according to Jamie Horwitz, a spokesperson for the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET), and union members are seeking a $10 ...

The last time NJ Transit workers went on strike was in 1983 for 34 days after the Northeast Rail Service Act went into effect forcing Conrail to hand over their commuter rail service to make it ...

New Jersey Transit train engineers went on strike Friday, impacting an estimated 350,000 riders who rely on the nation's ...

Federal law prescribes strict processes for rail worker strikes, and Congress and President Donald Trump could still move to avert a strike by passing and signing legislation to impose a contract on ...

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 ...

Both sides have tried to spin numbers in their favor. NJ Transit's engineers have a starting hourly salary rate of $39.78 an hour, based on the contract that expired over five years ago.

New Jersey Transit’s train engineers reached a tentative deal Sunday to end their three-day strike that had halted service for some 100,000 daily riders, including routes to Newark airport and across ...

The two sides have been at odds over wages, with the engineers saying they should make a salary similar to what engineers make at Amtrak, the Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North. NJ Transit bus ...

Gov. Phil Murphy and NJ Transit CEO Kris Kolluri pinned the blame for the strike on the union, saying the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen asked for salary increases that would ...

The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen and NJ Transit came to a tentative deal on Sunday after three days of negotiations in New Jersey and with the National Mediation Board in ...

New Jersey Transit’s train engineers have reached a tentative deal to end their three-day strike that had halted service for ...

WOODLAND PARK, NJ — New Jersey Transit engineers have walked off the job, halting the agency's train service throughout the Garden State at 12:01 a.m. on May 16 after agency officials left ...