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NBC News reports:
Members of the railroad engineers union for New Jersey Transit went on strike right after midnight Friday morning, crippling a system that around 350,000 people rely on, officials said. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen said that its around 450 members in New Jersey Transit were walking off the job at 12:01 a.m., in a dispute over pay.
The union said that the transit agency has millions to spend on a new headquarters in Newark and gave up millions in a fare holiday last year.
“They have money for penthouse views and pet projects, just not for their front-line workers,” BLET National President Mark Wallace said in a statement. “Enough is enough. We will stay out until our members receive the fair pay that they deserve.”
Read the full article. Their last strike was in 1983. Manhattan-bound commuters can still use PATH and Amtrak, but both systems will surely be overwhelmed by hundreds of thousands of extra passengers.
Due to a strike by locomotive engineers represented by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, all NJ TRANSIT rail service is currently suspended. Details at https://t.co/Fumrln7po2 pic.twitter.com/Ta6H0LaEHP
— NJ TRANSIT (@NJTRANSIT) May 16, 2025
My statement on the NJ TRANSIT train engineers’ strike: pic.twitter.com/dTYDKP9m9O
— Rep. Mikie Sherrill (@RepSherrill) May 16, 2025
NJ Transit engineers on strike after contract negotiations fail — wreaking havoc on commuters https://t.co/UXSkRAGoge pic.twitter.com/baAov19gD8
— New York Post Metro (@nypmetro) May 16, 2025