Following a chaotic weekend, New Jersey Transit is released statement Announce a tentative agreement with the brotherhood of locomotive engineers and trainees. The agreement ended a strike that began on Friday, May 16, which affected thousands of people in the state. Currently, the details of the agreement have not been revealed to the public, and the train is now set to continue operations on Tuesday morning.
This article discusses everything you need to know about New Jersey Transit Strike, including why engineers participate, how many people are affected, and how many New Jersey Transit and NYC costs strike.
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The agreement was reached between NJ Transit and its employees, ending a three -day strike that affected thousands
On Friday, May 16, after midnight, 459 locomotive engineers were striking, asking for a pay increase. This is the first New Jersey Transit Transit Strike in New Jersey in over 40 years. The train is closed throughout the country, leaving 350,000 people to find out how to get to their place of work.
Over the weekend, the tentative agreement was finally reached. Tomas, Chairman of the Locomotive Engineer and Trainer’s Brotherhood, was declared in a statement:
Although I will not get the exact details of the agreement reached, I will say that the only real issue is wages and we will be able to reach an agreement that increases the hourly salary beyond the proposal rejected by our members last month and where we were when the NJ Transit manager walked far from Thursday’s desk.
The strike was turned off on Sunday at about 6pm, and the train was expected to be fully operational on Tuesday morning after a security check on Monday.
Commenting on the agreement, New Jersey Governor Philip D. Murphy declared:
The sound you may hear is the sound of our state passenger who breathes collective relief.
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What exactly is happening, and why NJ transport workers strike?
The main demand for NJ engineers is the increase in salary. Employees complain that their salaries cannot be compared to employees working for competitors such as Amtrak and New York Commuter Train.
The brotherhood of locomotive engineers and trainees have requested a pay increase for some time. Back in March, Kris Kolluri, Chief Executive of NJ Transit, proposed an agreement to increase engineer’s annual salary from $ 135,000 to $ 172,000. However, this is quickly rejected.
According to Mr Haas, the agency representative left the meeting, which eventually led to a strike that affected 350,000 passengers.
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NJ strike timeline and major statistics |
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Beginning |
Friday, May 16th |
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Final |
Sunday, May 18 |
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The train service is set to resume |
Tuesday, May 20 |
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The affected person |
350,000 |
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Losses for transit nj |
4 million a day |
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How does the strike affect NJ passengers and transit?
Although strikes are relatively common in Europe, especially in certain sectors, including train systems, they are not frequent in the US, for example, Half a million tourists in Germany faced flight disruption in March due to a 24 -hour train attack.
It has been estimated that the new engineer strike in New Jersey costs NJ Transit average $ 4 million a day. Many passengers cannot reach their jobs and have to work from afar. Other people decide to pay for expensive tickets purchased from other train companies and spend the night at a hotel in the area instead of returning home after work so they can get to their office the next day, despite strike.
The strike also affects the general productivity of NYC. According to data from partnerships for New York City, an organization representing a large employer in Metropolis, the city loses $ 6 million for each hour delay due to NJ transit strike.